Martyn Hett's boyfriend pays touching tribute to Arena victim
22.05.2022 - 23:21
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The boyfriend of Martyn Hett who died in the Manchester Arena terror attack has posted a touching tribute for him on the fifth anniversary of the bombing. In a social media post addressed to his partner, who was 29 when he died, Russell Hayward has said “my heart will always have a permanent piece missing”.
Mr Hett, a social media manager and Coronation Street superfan, was one of 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert half a decade ago who never came home, and memorial events have taken place across Manchester to remember them. Mr Hayward shared a photograph of himself and Mr Hett, remembering him as someone “with no airs and graces” who “lived life at 100mph”.
He wrote on Instagram: “Five years since I’ve seen you. Five years since I’ve held you. I do not feel like it’s been five years. I feel like it’s been 500 years. I miss going to ridiculously overpriced restaurants with you and me ordering a dessert wine and you asking for a Long Island iced tea.
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He added: “You had no airs or graces. Remember when you got a promotion at work and I bought you a bottle of Dom Perignon? Later that night you said it was lovely what I did but you’d probably prefer 10 bottles of cheap wine for the same price. You were a complete one off. And my heart will always have a permanent piece missing.”
Sunday is the first time in three years that people in Manchester have been able to mark the anniversary free of coronavirus restrictions. It is also the first year that residents have been able to remember the victims at a permanent memorial for them – the Glade of Light Memorial, which was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this month.
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