A popular pub landlord who served Cheltenham racegoers has died from coronavirus.
Alexander Grierson, 67, is among dozens who live near the racecourse who caught the deadly bug after thousands gathered for the festival in March.
The dad-of-three, who was fondly known as Boyzie, ran The Beehive in Prestbury and was pulling pints throughout the four-day event.
A London-born Chelsea fan, he later fell ill with Covid-19 and died after spending two weeks in Cheltenham General Hospital's intensive care unit, the Sun reports.
Paying tribute to Mr Grierson, who ran the pub for eight years, his family described him as someone whose "generosity was as big as his heart".
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"He was the only landlord we know who would buy his punters a pint as soon as they came in the pub," they said.
"Boyzie was loved by so many people, especially his family, and will be missed every single day."
It comes as calls grow for an inquiry into why the horse racing festival, which was attended by more than 250,000 people, was allowed to go ahead despite the coronavirus outbreak.
A leaked map shows that a postcode neighbouring Cheltenham Racecourse later became a hotspot for Covid-19 infections, with the highest number of hospital admissions in Gloucestershire earlier this month.
The GL52 postcode, which covers areas of north Cheltenham including Pittville, Prestbury and Bishop's Cleeve, had 27 confirmed hospital admissions linked to the virus as of April 3.
A former director of public health, Prof John Ashton, is among those who have called for an inquiry into the decision to allow the event, which draws huge crowds annually.
It has been reported that a number of punters who attended the festival, which ended three days before social distancing measures were announced on March 16 and 10 days before before the UK lockdown began on March 23, ended up suffering Covid-19 symptoms.
Andrew Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall's former husband, and West Bromwich Albion striker Charlie Austin are both said to have fallen ill after attending.
The Government has said the decision to go ahead with the festival was taken by the racecourse, and "was operating within clear Public Health England guidance at the time."
Earlier this week, a spokeswoman said: "It is our absolute priority to protect people's health and our advice on coronavirus is the result of direct, continuous consultation with medical experts.
"There are many factors that could influence the number of cases in a particular area, including population density, age and health profile and the position of an area on the pandemic curve."
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden also defended his decision at the time to not cancel mass sporting events.
He said: "The risk at mass gatherings was no greater or less than it would have been in pubs or restaurants, and the advice at that point was that we did not need to ban mass gatherings.”
A fundraising page set up for the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Mr Grierson's memory had on Friday night already raised £7,500.
