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The England forward Beth Mead has paid tribute to her “beautiful, kind and funny mum”, who has died from ovarian cancer. The Arsenal player used social media to confirm that her mother, June Mead, had “passed away peacefully” last Saturday.
Beth Mead posted on Instagram and Twitter: “Thought long and hard about what to write but there will never be any words that will do justice. At 1am on the 7th of Jan, our beautiful, kind, funny Mum & Wife passed away after a long & brave battle against Ovarian Cancer.