The coach of Susan Taylor, who died in a charity swim across the Channel, has said she was "always smiling". Susan got into difficulty whilst attempting the challenge in a bid to raise money for Rainbows Hospice and Diabetes UK.
David Walliams has tweeted about Susan Taylor's attempt to swim the English Channel describing her death as a "tragedy".
The comedian swam the Channel himself in 2006 raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.
Two charities have been inundated with donations after a British woman's attempt to the swim the English Channel faltered in its final mile.
The English Channel is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, used by hundreds of cargo vessels and ferries every day.