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A dad with the 'kindest heart' who went on holiday to Turkey tragically died in a horror accident on his way back to the hotel.

Earlier this month the family of John Kearney were told to travel more than 2,500 miles to İçmeler, in Marmaris to say their goodbyes to the 64-year-old after he suffered a serious head injury in a scooter crash.

On the evening of September 30, John, from the Wirral, was making his way back to the hotel he was staying in when he fell off the rental scooter he was riding. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he spent almost the next two weeks fighting for his life.

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His daughter Joanna Kearney previously described the heartbreaking phone call she received alerting her to what h

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