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'I'm blessed' says Wolverhampton cancer battle father

Inspirational father Steve Evans has paid tribute to his family in his final interview about his cancer battle.

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The father-of-two from Wolverhampton has lived with incurable stomach cancer for two years and his remarkable sense of humour and the sense of joy he has taken from reaching out to the world on the internet has won him thousands of admirers from all over the world.

More than 25,000 people follow the 52-year-old on Twitter while listeners to Richard Bacon's Radio Five Live show and viewers of the BBC's Breakfast programme have taken him to their hearts.

In his final interview about his illness, Steve paid tribute to his wife Septina, said he was 'lucky' and 'blessed' to have so much love around him.

In the past few days, as he has been feeling weak, Steve's tweets have been dictated to an school old friend, John Price, from Compton, who has been helping out whenever he can.

On Sunday many followers began to say goodbye as Steve revealed he was reaching the end of what he calls his 'journey'.

And today Richard Bacon broadcast a pre-recorded interview he did with Steve in hospital.

Mr Bacon said that Steve had first gone on the programme last April and said Steve had since become a friend, which had resulted in him making a visit to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.

Steve had only believed he would make it to April 2013 but was overjoyed to have spent Christmas with his wife Septina and their daughters Megan, 25, and Lauren, 20, at home in Old Fallings Lane.

Praising his wife, Steve added: "I'm lucky, very lucky, purely because of the existence of a woman called Septina. She's the other half of me."

The former building surveyor spent his career with Wolverhampton City Council but was also a fully fledged magician with the Magic Circle and compered stand-up comedy at the Wolverhampton Civic Halls.

He looked after big name stars such as Jimmy Carr and John Bishop and even after he retired due to his cancer he continued to help at the Civic whenever he was able to, escorting disabled visitors.

Steve is so well liked by the staff and performers at the Civic that his name was added to a wall of fame alongside the likes of Noddy Holder.

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