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06 Apr 2020, 17:12 GMT+10
British boxing great Nigel Benn revealed on Instagram one of his brothers, Mark, has died of coronavirus.
The 56-year-old - former world champion at two weights - said Mark had been the "joker" of the family.
It came as the number of UK coronavirus-related deaths climbed by 621 to 4 934 and infections rose by 5 903 to 47 806.
he wrote.
Benn - whose 23-year-old son Conor is a promising pugilist with an unblemished record - was one of seven boys but lost his older brother Andy when he fell out of a window aged just eight.
Benn was dubbed the 'Dark Destroyer' for his aggressive style and enjoyed a fierce rivalry with compatriots Chris Eubank and Michael Watson.
Benn was WBO middleweight title in 1990 and then went on to become WBC super-middleweight champion holding the belt between 1992 and 1996 - losing his crown to South African Thulani Malinga.
He retired from the ring in 1996 after twice failing to wrest the WBO super-middleweight title from Irishman Stephen Collins.
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