32 year-old Brave bride and New Day columnist Mo Akhtar has died from cancer just 10 days after marrying her partner of 10 years. Mo from Bow, East London wed Farbaz, 40, in St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney on 19 March.
She
started an emotional diary for publication in The New Day to chart her
first days as a newly-wed, and some of the last days of her life.
Her hope was to raise awareness of lung cancer in young people and her words struck a chord with thousands.
Tragically, she passed away at home on the same day her first entry was published, last Monday.
Farbaz said: “She wanted for her thoughts and words to be read in the paper and keeping them going has been a tribute to her.”
Mo was diagnosed with lung cancer last July after a persistent cough led her to take some time off work.
Farbaz saw an NHS advert encouraging people not to ignore such symptoms and urged his fiancee to go to the doctor.
She was quickly diagnosed with lung cancer which then spread to her brain and told it was terminal.
Mo did not want to know how long she had left to live.
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