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Hundreds turn out in memory of Barnstaple teenager

Balloons in Katie's favourite colour, purple, are being released in her memory Credit: ITV News

Hundreds of friends, family and supporters of a North Devon teenager have met this evening to celebrate her life.

ITV interviewed Katie Gammon when she was 15 Credit: ITV News

Katie Gammon had a double lung transplant after suffering from Cystic Fibrosis.

The teenager had raised thousands of pounds for charities that had helped her with sponsored walks following the operation. But recently her body began to reject her new lungs and she died on Sunday.

Friends leave messages in memory of Katie, who had just turned 17 when she lost her life Credit: ITV News

Our footage from tonight's memorial starts with pictures of Katie on a fundraising walk for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.