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| Coleen Rooney's sister, Rosie, dies at 14 after lifelong illness | Coleen Rooney's sister, Rosie, dies at 14 after lifelong illness |
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| Coleen Rooney's 14-year-old sister, Rosie McLoughlin, has died following a lifelong battle with Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder. She died at her home in Liverpool surrounded by her family. | Coleen Rooney's 14-year-old sister, Rosie McLoughlin, has died following a lifelong battle with Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder. She died at her home in Liverpool surrounded by her family. |
| A statement issued on behalf of her family and Coleen's husband, the Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney, said: "We are heartbroken, but we are blessed to have had her in our lives. We shall cherish for ever the memories we have shared and the love she showed us each and every day." | A statement issued on behalf of her family and Coleen's husband, the Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney, said: "We are heartbroken, but we are blessed to have had her in our lives. We shall cherish for ever the memories we have shared and the love she showed us each and every day." |
| Coleen's parents, bricklayer Tony McLoughlin and his wife, Colette, a former nursery nurse, adopted Rosie when she was two, knowing she was disabled. The family thanked staff at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital and Claire House Children's Hospice on the Wirral, Merseyside. The Rooneys asked for donations to the hospices in lieu of gifts at their wedding in 2008. | Coleen's parents, bricklayer Tony McLoughlin and his wife, Colette, a former nursery nurse, adopted Rosie when she was two, knowing she was disabled. The family thanked staff at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital and Claire House Children's Hospice on the Wirral, Merseyside. The Rooneys asked for donations to the hospices in lieu of gifts at their wedding in 2008. |
| In an article for a newspaper in May 2009, Coleen Rooney described how her family coped with looking after Rosie once the child's health began to detiorate. One passage read: "Today Rosie can't walk or talk. She can't eat, so she's fed through a tube that goes into her stomach. She has good days and bad days and her health can change from hour to hour. One minute she can be laughing and happy; the next she can be having a fit." | In an article for a newspaper in May 2009, Coleen Rooney described how her family coped with looking after Rosie once the child's health began to detiorate. One passage read: "Today Rosie can't walk or talk. She can't eat, so she's fed through a tube that goes into her stomach. She has good days and bad days and her health can change from hour to hour. One minute she can be laughing and happy; the next she can be having a fit." |
| In the same year the McLoughlin family made a pilgrimage to Lourdes to pray for Rosie's health. | In the same year the McLoughlin family made a pilgrimage to Lourdes to pray for Rosie's health. |
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