Tributes have been paid to the brave and brilliant fundraiser, campaigner and photographer James Dunn who has passed away at the age of 24.
James, from Whiston, had Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a group of genetic skin conditions which cause the skin to blister and tear at the slightest touch. Sufferers of EB are sometimes referred to as having “butterfly skin” due to their layers of skin often being as fragile as the wings of a butterfly.
He had been courageously battling skin cancer for a second time and underwent a partial amputation of his left arm earlier this year. He died in Whiston Hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning, surrounded by his beloved family – mum and dad Lesley and Kenny, sister Gemma, 29, and her husband, Kieren, 30.
Dad Kenny fought back his tears to tell the ECHO: “James, our beautiful, funny, brave son and brother – we were very blessed to have had you for so many wonderful and happy years. You made our lives the best we could have ever hoped for.