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An air hostess died from terminal cancer three week after her 'heartbroken' father died suddenly at work following a heart attack.
Angela Courtney, 47, had been preparing to spend Christmas with her 70-year-old father Tony prior to his death on December 14.
The TUI air hostess, the mother of a six-year-old boy, died from pancreatic cancer just three weeks later on January 3.
A joint funeral service took place for the father and daughter close to their home in Huyton, Liverpool, last week.
TUI air hostess Angela Courtney died from terminal cancer just three weeks after her father Tony
Angela pictured with her father Tony, an electrician who died suddenly at work shortly before Christmas
The family have revealed that they believe Tony, who was an electrician, died from a broken heart after learning of his daughter's cancer diagnosis.
Writing on Facebook, Angela's brother and Ton's son Anthony Courtney said earlier this month: 'I don’t write many things on Facebook but I think I need to tell the world what it has lost over the last 20 days.
'We lost my dad in December to a broken heart. Contemplating the thought of losing a daughter, we lost a dear sister yesterday after a long battle to pancreatic cancer.
'Losing both my dad and our Angela in such a short period of time has left a huge void in my life and the lives of the whole family that can never be filled.
'I do take a lot of strength from the love and positivity they both shared with so many people during their brief time on this planet and the legacy they have both left behind and the knowledge that they are together again on some fantastic
