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Mesothelioma campaigner dies from disease

A CAMPAIGNER who lobbied former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to do more to help mesothelioma sufferers has died of the disease.

 

Bernard Dean, 61, passed away at the Queen’s Medical Centre on August 21 after a 20-month battle with the asbestos-related illness.

 

His wife, Susan, 60, of Stevens Road, Sandiacre, said: “He was optimistic right to the end. We didn’t expect him to go when he did.”

 

Mr Dean was exposed to asbestos while working as a joiner for Erewash Borough Council between 1977 and 1981.

 

He recently received compensation from the authority.

 

Mr Dean travelled to Nottingham in December last year to speak with Gordon Brown and called on the Government to set up a fund to help sufferers who could not get compensation.

 

Susan said: “He really was a campaigner for the cause.”

 

Mr Dean’s funeral will be held at 3.30pm at All Saints’ Church, in Risley, on Friday September 3.