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Groom who delayed having vital medical tests so he could get married dies in bride's arms

Jennifer and Jamie on their wedding day

NORFOLK, ENGLAND:  A tragic groom delayed having vital medical tests for lung cancer so he could get married – only to die in his new wife's arms just weeks after the wedding.

Doctors advised Jamie Roper, 46, to undergo a biopsy after he suffered a hacking cough and repeated bouts of pneumonia, classic symptoms of lung cancer.

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