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A young father has tragically died from a brain tumour just days after his perfect beach wedding.
Rikki Tako, 32, passed away on March 26, a week after marrying Nykala Garrett near New Plymouth, in New Zealand.
Ms Garrett had recently given up her job as a nurse at Taranaki Base Hospital in December last year to care for Mr Tako.
He began experiencing seizures, memory loss, and headaches while he was recovering from a head injury sustained in a workplace accident.
However tests showed he had an aggressive and incurable cancer known as a brain stem glioblastoma, which can cause headaches, a loss of balance, weakness on one side of the face and difficulty walking.
The tumour was pre-existing but it was believed the workplace accident led to its rapid growth, and had that not happened the tumour likely would not have been a problem for another 20 years.
Rikki Tako, 32, passed away on March 26, a week after marrying Nykala Garrett near New Plymouth, in New Zealand (couple pictured together)
It is understood that people working in the wedding industry offered
