Howie Mandel has recovered from a bout of COVID-19, revealing that the most difficult thing for him was having no human contact for 10 days while he isolated.
12.04.2022 - 10:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A fit and healthy dad-to-be, who decided not to receive a vaccine, died after contracting coronavirus. The brothers of Marcus Birks, from Leek, have vowed to keep his memory alive.
He died in August before he got to meet his son, Blu Marcus, who was born in December. The 40-year-old made national headlines when he urged people from his hospital bed to get the Covid jab.
Marcus’s younger brothers have paid tribute to their ‘one-in-a-million’ brother as they embark on a challenge to raise money for charity in his memory. Ashley and Kyle Birks said that his death left a massive hole in their lives, StokeonTrentLive reports.
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His younger brothers, Ashley and Kyle Birks, say Marcus's death has left a massive hole in their lives. They paid tribute to their 'one-in-a-million' brother as they prepare to take on a challenge to raise money for charity in his memory.
Ashley, aged 34, of Priory Avenue, Leek, said: "Marcus was like light in a bottle. He wanted everything that life had to give and lived in the moment. We were really close. We spent most days together. He lived for his family and nothing else.
"Losing him happened out of nowhere, it happened so fast. We were in a daze. He and his wife had renewed their wedding vows and around that time a lot of people in our circle got Covid. I had it too.
"I spoke to him every day while I was ill. Around day eight I was starting to feel better, but he wasn't. I told him any day now he should be getting back on his feet. Later that same day he had the ambulance out due to his oxygen levels being low.
"From there he got worse while he was in hospital. The treatments weren't
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