The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThe wife from the UK’s first couple with Down’s Syndrome has been left "hysterical" and "completely lost" after her husband died from Covid-19.Tommy Pilling, 62, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex lost his battle with coronavirus on New Year’s Day just two weeks after catching the virus.
He had been in hospital since early December with a chest infection but is understood to have contracted the virus while there.
Sister-in-law Linda Newman, 33, said Tommy had previously shielded for 10 months and the family are in "complete and utter shock," including his wife Maryanne.