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Loving lad , 24, died with coronavirus a month after testing positive
Family and friends are paying tribute to the charismatic young man
Ellis White, 24 with mum , Tracey Edwards
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A 24-year-old Kibworth man lost his life a month after contracting coronavirus.
Ellis White was in the vulnerable category after having a kidney transplant in 2019 which meant he was receiving anti-rejection drugs.
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The Do As Raj Would Do campaign raises over £20,000 for charity Print
27th April 2021
The Do As Raj Would Do campaign, in memory of Spar retailer Raj Aggarwal, has so far raised more than £24,000 for two local NHS charities.
The initiative, which ran from 19-26 April, urged retailers to donate goods, supplies or products to charities, organisations or individuals most in need in their local communities.
Aggarwal, who owned Spar stores in Wigston, Leicestershire and Hackenthorpe, near Sheffield, passed away from Covid-19 in April 2020 at the age of 51.
His family has set the goal of raising £100,000 for Leicester Hospitals Charity and Sheffield Hospitals Charity.
Heartbroken family who lost hero dad to Covid repay kindness of hospital staff
They gave iPads and CD players to a ward and personalised pens to staff
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Bharatkumar Shah, died of Covid-19 at the age of 68. His family have donated iPads and CD players to Leicester Hospitals. (Image: Beena Shah)
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