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Hillsborough campaigner dies

Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams, whose 15-year-old son Kevin was killed in the 1989 disaster, has died after a battle with cancer.

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Hillsborough campaigner 'glad we never gave up'

Anne Williams was one of the loudest voices throughout the campaigners' efforts for justice after the Hillsborough disaster.

It was her fight to get her son's inquest verdict of accidental death overturned that is credited with leading to fresh hearings for all 96 supporters who died.

After the Hillsborough Report was published in December last year, she paid tribute to Attorney General Dominic Grieve as "a man of his word" and said "he did what he promised".

I am glad we never gave up. It has been hard, but we wouldn't have been here today. I'd like a corporate manslaughter verdict in the inquest, it's the least for what they have done. It's a long process.

– Anne Williams speaking in December 2012

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