Touching tributes are being paid to an 18-year-old with 'a heart of gold' after her sudden death following chemotherapy treatment.
Family and friends have been left heartbroken by the death of Molly Hinchcliffe. Molly, a keen rugby player, died in hospital earlier this week surrounded by her loving family.
She grew up in Batley, West Yorkshire, and had previously beaten cancer following treatment but was tragically taken ill recently due to infection, a close friend said. Courtney Thompson described Molly as a 'beautiful angel' who was loved by everyone who knew her.
More than £3,700 has been raised through Go Fund Me to pay for Molly's funeral, with more than 180 people donating to the appeal so far.
Writing on the appeal page, Courtney said: "I'm making this about Molly. We all know Molly beat cancer and she rang the bell. She finished her last round of chemo and has been poorly due to her immune system being low, she then caught sepsis and her organs gave up on her.
"Myself and Molly's family and my family would appreciate the help to raise money for her funeral. We’re all absolutely heartbroken and hurting so much. She is such a beautiful angel. May she rest in paradise."
Courtney told YorkshireLive: "Molly was the type of person who had a heart of gold but would tell you to shut up if you were complaining about yourself.
"When I first met Molly we were only little and from the moment I met her, she acted herself and I knew I was going to get on with her and be her friend/sister for life, she was so bubbly, loud, and such a funny girl. Molly had no filter at all but that’s what we loved about her - we all needed a Molly in our life.
"She was always super positive about everything, she was so strong. She also talked all the time about her family to me and how much they meant to her, she always told me she loved her siblings, her older brother, and two youngest sisters, they adored her too.
"She was also worried about her little sisters losing her big sister one day."
Molly is also missed by her boyfriend - Courtney's mum's partner's son - who she "really, really loved".
Courtney said: "She always told me how he made her feel special and how much she loved that boy. He adored her as much as she did and they were meant for each other for sure. She loved doing all sorts of things, anything would please Mol."
Courtney said one of Molly's greatest loves was rugby, which she had played since she was a young child, and that she was "loved by the whole team" at Dewsbury Moor.
"She also loved her work family, they have been there for Molly throughout her journey," said Courtney.
"Molly was just that type of girl who everyone loved straight away, just so down to earth and so lively and cheerful all the time. She’d also come out with the stupidest stuff ever but we wouldn’t change her for the world, she was our one-of-a-kind Mol."
Courtney said everyone had been left devastated by her death.
"We are all so distraught and can’t come to terms with what has happened. I honestly feel like I’ve lost my baby sister and that breaks me, no more random calls or messages or her asking to go on a drive to Krispy Kreme or her randomly coming to our house for our food and to ask my mum where her tea was.
"Molly was the most loving person I know and no one will ever replace my Mol. It hurts so much to say she’s gone but never forgotten. We love you to the stars and back Mol, forever."
Many friends took to social media to post their own tributes. One described Molly as "the most caring and beautiful soul". Another wrote: "Dewsbury Moor lost one of the most loved, sweetest most caring girls that graced this earth."
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