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| 'Shock' as late mum spotted in Strictly Come Dancing tribute | 'Shock' as late mum spotted in Strictly Come Dancing tribute |
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| A man has told how he has been left "emotional" after old film footage of his wife, who died in childbirth, appeared on Strictly Come Dancing. | A man has told how he has been left "emotional" after old film footage of his wife, who died in childbirth, appeared on Strictly Come Dancing. |
| Film of Trevor Mason's late wife Penny, who died aged 26 in 1975, doing an RAF parachute jump was featured on the dance show's Remembrance Day tribute. | Film of Trevor Mason's late wife Penny, who died aged 26 in 1975, doing an RAF parachute jump was featured on the dance show's Remembrance Day tribute. |
| Mr Mason, of Felixstowe, Suffolk, said it was the first time his daughter had seen any moving footage of her mother. | Mr Mason, of Felixstowe, Suffolk, said it was the first time his daughter had seen any moving footage of her mother. |
| "Like the rest of us, she is absolutely flabbergasted," he said. | |
| Mr Mason said his daughter, Claire, now lived in New Zealand with her family and had been sent the clip of her mother. | Mr Mason said his daughter, Claire, now lived in New Zealand with her family and had been sent the clip of her mother. |
| "That's the first time ever she has seen her mother other than in photos," said Mr Mason. | "That's the first time ever she has seen her mother other than in photos," said Mr Mason. |
| "She's watched it over and over again... it is beyond belief." | "She's watched it over and over again... it is beyond belief." |
| Mr Mason said his late wife's cousin contacted him after spotting his late wife, who had been in the RAF, on Sunday's Strictly results show during a tribute montage, featuring British Pathé footage. | Mr Mason said his late wife's cousin contacted him after spotting his late wife, who had been in the RAF, on Sunday's Strictly results show during a tribute montage, featuring British Pathé footage. |
| "I looked on iPlayer and at the start of the programme there was... about 10 seconds of black-and-white footage of women in the RAF and lo and behold my late wife was on there," he said. | "I looked on iPlayer and at the start of the programme there was... about 10 seconds of black-and-white footage of women in the RAF and lo and behold my late wife was on there," he said. |
| After watching the show he said he felt "really emotional, flabbergasted - just unreal". | After watching the show he said he felt "really emotional, flabbergasted - just unreal". |
| The parachute jump had been filmed in 1969, six years before Mrs Mason suffered a brain haemorrhage. | The parachute jump had been filmed in 1969, six years before Mrs Mason suffered a brain haemorrhage. |
| She died the day after giving birth to the couple's daughter by Caesarean section. | She died the day after giving birth to the couple's daughter by Caesarean section. |
| Strictly Come Dancing programme makers located the full film after Mr Mason made a plea to BBC Radio Suffolk to find out if there was any more footage from the jump. |