Tributes paid to beloved councillor and granddad-of-five who died unexpectedly after years helping his community
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here Touching tributes have flooded in after the loss of a respected councillor who spent more than a decade helping his town.
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to pay their respects to George Fairhurst, who died aged 79 on Friday, April 16, his family has said.
Those commemorating his life say George was a beloved and hardworking councillor in Standish, Wigan, where he held a council seat for 15 years after retiring from a career building and working in the caravan industry.
In the wake of his death, his family discovered no less than three address books - where he wrote down the names of every person who needed help over his tenure as a councillor.
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