Daughter's tribute to loving dad who died from Covid and her call for national day of remembrance The family of Christopher Cooper, 63, have been left devastated after he lost his short battle with coronavirus Updated Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Christopher Martin Cooper was a "popular" pillar of the community and a true family man. But when he caught Covid-19, like some 3.4million of the UK population have done, the illness had such a damaging effect that he wasn't even able to "take one final breath" before he passed away after medics removed his ventilator.