Dad-of-two dies just days after developing sore throat as devastated family pay tribute

Mr Dignam's household said his abrupt decease has near them successful implicit shock. (Image: MEN Media)

A fashionable dada of 2 tragically died conscionable days aft getting a sore throat, arsenic his heartbroken household revealed they've been near successful daze by his unexpected death.

Jay Dignam, from Blackley, died aged 50 aft processing the symptoms connected November 3. Jay's household accidental helium had nary anterior wellness problems and said his decease was "so sudden".

He leaves down 2 daughters, Milly, 18 and Scarlet, 10. Jay's younger sister Emma Dunn, 34, told Manchester Evening News the origin of decease is nether probe and remains unknown.

Emma said her older member called her with the atrocious news. “It was a sore throat, thing else," she told the outlet.

"It’s specified a shock. It didn’t registry and I don’t deliberation it afloat has. We went to spot him successful the chapel of remainder and it felt much existent then.

Mr Dignam was known for his emotion of riding and fixing up motorbikes. (Image: MEN Media)

“It's been truthful abrupt and a sore pharynx is truthful insignificant. If helium had gone retired connected his motorcycle and had a crash... it’s been hard to accept.

“I don’t cognize if it’s afloat sunk successful yet. The ceremonial is adjacent week, truthful possibly it volition aft that erstwhile I don’t person everything to put and deliberation about," she said, adding: "He was my biggest brother; it was similar having different dad.”

Emma besides had the hearbreaking work of informing her brother's daughters of his death, calling it, "one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do".

“I had to archer his closest friends," she continued. "He had friends each over; everyone knew him due to the fact that helium was a biker and fixed motorbikes.

“It’s deed the 18-year-old hard; she was precise adjacent to her dad. We’re conscionable trying to beryllium determination for them, really.”

Jay with his girl Scarlet. (Image: MEN Media)

Jay grew up successful Blackley, a region 5 miles northbound of Manchester metropolis centre but lived successful Bury, a marketplace municipality further northbound astatine the clip of his passing.

Emma said "so galore people" support approaching the household since quality of his decease emerged, adding it "just shows however galore radical loved and respected him".

“Bikes were his life; that’s what everyone knew him for," she added. "He could hole thing with wheels – cars, bikes. He was truly useful astir the house.

Emma says she inactive keeps expecting Jay, who was devoted to his daughters, to "ring maine and inquire for a lift". "We expect him to inactive ring," Emma told the outlet. "He was ever truly blessed and was amusive with the girls. He ever wanted to bash amusive stuff.

“He liked to beryllium out; helium didn’t similar being successful 1 place. He was an outdoors idiosyncratic and his girls were everything to him.”

A GoFundMe has been acceptable by 1 of Jay's friends, who hopes to "raise arsenic overmuch wealth arsenic I tin to springiness to his 2 daughters, to assistance enactment them done this genuinely heartbreaking time".

The leafage has already raised £1,685 of its £2,000 people arsenic of Saturday night.