William Shakespeare first man to have Covid vaccine died

 

An 81-year-old man who became the second person in the UK to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died of an

unrelated illness. William Shakespeare, who goes by Bill, died of a stroke. Mr Shakespeare was a patient at

University Hospitals Coventrys frailty ward when he received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab in early

December.

Then, he had gained international attention not just because of his age but also because he shared his name

with the worlds greatest playwright and poet of the 16th century.

Mr Shakespeare was administered the COVID-19 vaccine on December 8, shortly after 91-year-old Margaret

Keenan, the first person in the country to get the shot. Mr Shakespeares friend and Coventry councillor Jayne

Innes told the BBC he had died on Thursday and added the “best tribute to Bill is to have the jab”.