A “one in a million” café boss, entertainer and much-loved dad has died of cancer.

Roy Golding, who ran the Tuck Inn in Newington, near Sittingbourne, passed away on Monday, July 28, aged 65.

His daughter, Charley Golding, said he was the “best dad in the world” and was “loved by everyone he met”, including his customers, many of whom became his friends.

Roy, who lived in Rainham, had owned Mickey's Diner on the A249 in Detling alongside his former partner Paula Goldfinch before taking over the 1970s theme diner on the A2 in October 2022.

Charley, who lives in Maidstone, says it was another one of his “many money-making schemes” over the years.

The 32-year-old said: “He used to take me and my sister, Georgia-May, to the café as they used to do the best tuna sandwiches.

“It was a bit

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