All of the staff were so caring, compassionate and respectful and we couldn't be more grateful. She added: 'Bill had the most wonderful care at the hospital. 'He often talked to people about it and would always encourage everyone to get their vaccine whenever he could.' It was something he was hugely proud of - he loved seeing the media coverage and the positive difference he was able to make to the lives of so many. Paying tribute to her husband, Joy, 53, said: 'Bill was so grateful for being offered the opportunity to become one of the first people in the world to be given the vaccine. He leaves behind his wife Joy, their two adult sons and four grandchildren.Īt the time of his jab, much was made of the fact that he was called William Shakespeare and was from Warwickshire, but the pensioner was a fiercely proud Coventrian, according to his friends. The former Rolls Royce employee and parish councillor passed away from a stroke last Thursday, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said, after a period of illness at the same hospital where he famously received his vaccine. William Shakespeare, the first man in the world to have an approved Covid jab, has died in hospital aged 81 after suffering a stroke.īill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received the Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the University Hospital Coventry.
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