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Liverpool Echo
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Jenny Kirkham

Gee Walker posts public tribute to murdered son Anthony after millions in tears at BBC drama

Anthony Walker's mum posted a moving tribute to her son after millions were left in tears by the BBC drama about his murder.

Gee Walker shared a loving picture of her with her child, taken before he was brutally killed in a racist attack in Huyton in 2005.

The simple but touching post was made publicly on the Anthony Walker Foundation' s Facebook page shortly after the show finished.

Sharing the image, Gee posted: "Anthony Walker, 21 February 1987 - 30 July 2005, RIP."

Hundreds of people shared the post and commented their condolences to Anthony's family underneath.

Sandra Walks said: "Such a waste of a beautiful life.

"I can’t even begin to think how anyone could do such a horrible act towards another human being.

"And I can’t begin to think what Anthony’s family went through and still do go through god bless."

Catherine Lake also said: "#Geewalker a beautiful ,strong woman.

"I am crying so hard yet I can’t ever compare to the tears you must of shed over your beautiful son #AnthonyWalker.

"May his face & his memory never be forgotten.

"May we one day live in a world without racism and hatred for one another."

Anthony on BBC1 followed the life that Anthony Walker could have lived if he hadn't been murdered in a racist attack in Huyton in July 2005.

The story worked backwards from him imagined age 25 to the night of his death.

It showed the wonderful person he was and the brilliant things he could have achieved.

The film imagines a love story he never got to have, the birth of his first child, a career in civil rights and how he helps those around him, including his friend who spirals into alcoholism and becomes homeless.

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But as it got closer to Anthony being 18 viewers saw racial tensions rise, including an argument with some white men in a club.

Anthony also went for an interview for work experience at a law firm and he told the panel how he'd much rather talk to people being racist to him, than get into any fights, saying he wanted to keep it calm at all times, making what happened to him all the more tragic.

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