Sick conmen are posing as a grieving widow with Down's Syndrome in a bid to try and swindle her social media followers out of cash - launching a fake fundraiser in her husband's memory. Beloved Tommy Pilling lost his battle to Covid-19 on New Year's Day, aged 62 - leaving his doting wife Maryanne, 49, heartbroken. The couple, from Shoebury, Essex, who both have Down's Syndrome, made history last summer when they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary - making them the longest-married couple of anyone with the condition. But Tommy was admitted to Southend Hospital on December 10 with chest pains and pneumonia and contracted Covid-19 while he was there - sadly losing his battle just three weeks later, on January 1.