The wife of a revered Scots games developer who died of Covid has urged people to get vaccinated - after revealing that his lifelong phobia of needles had stopped him getting the jab.
Dad-of-two Stewart Gilray, 51, died on Thursday after contracting coronavirus in the middle of December. The Aberdonian was held in high regard for his decades-long career in the videogames industry, with tributes pouring in from some of its best-known figures including Doom creator John Romero.
Now his devastated wife Bec, 41, is pleading with people to overcome their fear of needles to avoid putting their lives at risk.Bec told the Daily Record: "Stewart had a serious fear of needles.
In all seriousness, in 25 years he had one blood test."He avoided trying to go to the doctor's in case they ever needed to draw blood, but the truth is Stewart wasn't poorly in the 25 years I knew him."He was fit - he could have lost a stone or two like the rest of us - but he genuinely believed he was going to survive this virus because he was healthy."Before he was intubated he said to me: 'There's nothing to worry about.
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