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By Lucy Crabtree | Published 14th January 2019 | Full size is 634 × 423 pixels

Daughter Claire told how the death of her artist father, Jack, of a brain tumour when he was 77 in 2011 had hit her mum hard- but dancing helped her get through it

Daughter Claire told how the death of her artist father, Jack, of a brain tumour when he was 77 in 2011 had hit her mum hard- but dancing helped her get through it