Watford striker Andre Gray donates £5,000 to young family of fan who died during heart surgery

Donation: Watford striker Andre Gray
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Andre Gray has donated £5,000 to the family of a Watford fan who tragically died at the age of 36, leaving behind her husband and two young children.

Fee Lear died last week after complications during heart surgery and a GoFundMe page was set up by her sister-in-law, Rochelle Lear, to help pay for funeral costs.

A target of £6,000 was initially set, but as of Friday morning over £27,000 had been raised as people flocked to help the family.

Watford striker Gray is one of those people who has helped the Lear family’s cause, donating £5,000 on Thursday.

The money raised will help pay for Fee’s funeral, but also her daughter Chloe’s physiotherapist sessions.

Chloe, who is three, is recovering from a stroke and Fee had given up her job to be a full-time carer for her daughter.

Her husband, John, and son Joseph, who is five, and all the family have been touched by the outpouring of support from people and every donation made.

“My words of gratitude seem somewhat inadequate at expressing just how grateful we are,” Rochelle wrote on the GoFundMe page on Friday.

“The donations we have received have left me quite speechless and for those who know me, that really doesn’t happen too often!

“I was looking through some photos and found this one of Fee with Chloe, it is just such a beautiful photo. 

“Chloe has come so far from where she was in 2019 and an absolutely huge part of that was down to Fee and her commitment to seeing Chloe have the best possible chance of recovery.

“The donations we have received will help towards Chloe’s physiotherapist and future needs too.

“So again I must say THANK YOU, although it seems the words are just not enough to truly express just how grateful we all are.”

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