A NORTH-EAST photographer whose death prompted a campaign to improve coronary health care in Britain was remembered yesterday at an annual golf event.
Ian Weir, a 38-year-old father-of-two from Darlington, died two years ago of a heart attack while waiting for a bypass operation.
A photographer for The Northern Echo, his death led the paper to launch the Chance to Live campaign, which succeeded in prompting Health Secretary Alan Milburn to launch the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease.
Eighteen golfers, many of them former colleagues, took part in the second annual Ian Weir Memorial Golf Day, at the Hall Garth Country House Hotel and Golf Course, at Coatham Mundeville, near Darlington.
The competition was won by John Watling and runner-up was Martin Smith, while the prize for the longest drive went to Mark Stainsby and nearest the pin to Derek Harvey
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