Minuteâs applause held in memory of Flintshire councillor Kevin Hughes who died after battle with Covid-19 Kevin Hughes with his wife sally .. A MINUTE’S applause has been held in memory of a popular Flintshire councillor who died following a battle against Covid-19. Kevin Hughes, from Gwernymynydd, died last week at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, where he was admitted after testing positive for the virus in December. Tributes have poured in for the former police officer and journalist, who was 63 and leaves wife, Sally, sons Chris, Steve and Andy, and seven grandchildren. His colleagues at Flintshire Council joined together in remembering him by holding a minute’s applause before an online meeting this morning (Tuesday, January 12).