The father of inspirational cancer campaigner Jack Morgan has revealed how comic Matt Lucas helped him cope with the death of his son by cracking a joke.
Jack, 22, died in August after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
The Bristol University engineering maths graduate had posted regular updates about his fight on Instagram and even founded his own app to bring together cancer survivor called Getcnected which was supported by a host of celebrities including Matt, Jamie Redknapp, James Corden, Craig David and Stephen Fry.
His dad, Grant, has now revealed how Little Britain star Matt helped him following Jack's passing.
When asked how he was coping losing a son on BBC Podcast You, Me and the Big C, Grant said: "You do. I can't sit in my bedroom for 24 hour a day crying my eyes out.
"Number one, that is not what Jack would want.
"I have a phenomenal wife. I have three amazing...well, I have four amazing children. I'm going to name drop here but I'm very close with Matt Lucas and Matt said something wonderful to me.
"He said 'you know something Grant? You've still got four kids. It's just that only three of them can answer you back!"
"If I was to have my leg amputated I'd keep looking for it and it wouldn't be there but I would feel like it was still there and that's how I equate to losing my son.
"I feel like he's there but I know he's not, but working in his name, he lives on in my kids, he lives on in me, he lives on in my wife, the grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, his friends and twelve weeks in, I'm probably still numb.
"I don't have any anger today. I won't say that won't ultimately manifest itself in some way, shape or form but I am inspired as a dad as his community were by him."
Jack first realised something was wrong while on holiday in Mexico in 2017 when his eye began watering and he started feeling a pain near his nose.
He saw a consultant in Bristol when he returned home,who reassured him it was nothing to worry about.
Unconvinced, Jack decided to travel to London where he saw three more doctors who all said the same.
He then paid to see a fourth specialist where the cancer was identified.
Within a week, Jack had started treatment to get rid of the disease.
"I knew my body and I knew something wasn't right," Jack said in an interview at the time. "I never wanted to use the word 'cancer'.
"I kept saying 'I'm not well' or I'm going to beat 'it'- but I couldn't say cancer at the start.
"The problem is it had no defining characteristics. The only noticeable thing was my leaking tear duct."
While Jack underwent many gruelling weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, he realised there was a large community of people who wanted to share their experience of battling cancer.
He then struck upon the idea for the app, which was downloaded hundreds of times and was backed by former Dragons' Den star James Caan.
His Instagram page, which has more than 27,000 followers, also became an inspiring place for many and attracted the attention of the many high-profile names who lent their support.
After hearing the news of Jack's death, Manchester United star Pogba took to Instagram to post a picture of the pair together to his 37.1M followers.
He added: "R.I.P my bro Jack you are a warrior..all my condolences to the family we will miss you bro."
In his last post, he said he was happy to be home and added: "I haven't come this far, to only come this far".
A final post has been published with a picture of a smiling Jack which simply reads: "Jack Morgan 1.2.97 - 26.8.19."
