Winnie Blagden received cards and gifts from around world after radio launched appeal to abet her celebrate landmark day
A widow with no family who received 16000 cards from strangers for her 100th birthday after a radio appeal has died.
Winnie Blagden,who had no children and lived alone, received birthday wishes from around the world in May after a Facebook appeal by BBC Radio Sheffield went viral. She died at her home in Sheffield on Sunday night, and a spokeswoman for the BBC said.
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Source: theguardian.com