
Liverpool Dad Has Last Pub Visit Before Passing Away
A terminally ill Liverpool dad, 75, left his hospital bed for one final visit to his favourite pub, just eight days before he passed away from lung cancer.
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A terminally ill Liverpool dad, 75, left his hospital bed for one final visit to his favourite pub, just eight days before he passed away from lung cancer.

Brian Patten, the last surviving member of the influential Mersey Sound poets, has died at the age of 79, marking the end of a significant era for Liverpool's literary history.

Brian Patten, one of the original and influential 'Liverpool Poets', has died at the age of 79. He was best known for the seminal 1967 anthology The Mersey Sound.