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Mark Wright’s uncle dies of Covid as heartbroken star says ‘I’ll never forget you’

TOWIE’S Mark Wright has been left “broken to pieces” following the death of his uncle from coronavirus.

Distraught TOWIE’s Mark took to his social media to share his grief saying: “I’ll never forget you.”

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“You’d have to be God to find a better man than my uncle. Put simply, you won’t,” he posted to Instagram.

“I love you uncle Eddie, I’m never going to forget you. Broken to pieces.”

Eddie’s son Elliot paid tribute to his dad on his social account with a heartbreaking message.

He wrote: “It is with heart wrenching regret, that I have to post this post, my father Edward George Wright passed away peacefully with his family by his side on the 02.03.2021 after bravely fighting Covid for 8 weeks…”

“For those who knew my father, you know what a great man he was, always smiling, always humble, always happy, despite the fact in his later years he bravely fought prostrate cancer, he never moaned and done his best to put a brave smile on..

“His love for his family is what he will be remembered for to all of us, the ultimate family man, wanting to spend every woken minute with his 10 grandkids and children was his only daily thought pattern and request, was that to be with them, the ultimate family man.

“For those who don’t know me well, the impact this has had on me, what can I say, I’m simply devastated!”

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