1/1 A SAINSBURY’S store assistant in York who was admired and respected by colleagues and customers alike has died, aged 64. Wayne McDermott, who worked at the supermarket giant’s convenience store in Blossom Street, was so well liked that customers nominated him for his picture to appear at York Art Gallery last year in an ‘Our Heroes’ exhibition. The popular exhibition celebrated key workers for their selfless efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Emma Horsley, a manager at the York Sainsbury s store, has paid tribute to her colleague Wayne, who she said had passed away peacefully at his home in Acomb on April 26, leaving a widow Jackie, after he had been cruelly taken by cancer so quickly .