Tributes to writer and Hillsborough campaigner who has died aged 45

Tributes have paid to an 'extraordinary' writer and campaigner who has died suddenly. Dan Kay, 45, a senior figure in Liverpool's Jewish community, worked tirelessly on behalf of families and survivors of the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 97 football fans.

A former journalist at the Liverpool Echo, he helped lead the newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough legal proceedings.

He worked with the late Anne Williams's daughter Sara to co-write With Hope In Her Heart, a powerful account of Anne's fight for justice for her son Kevin, 15, and the other Liverpool supporters unlawfully killed at Hillsborough.

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Today (Monday), Dan's uncle Steven Waldman led the moving tributes to him, telling the Echo: "I doubt there is a more decent person than Daniel. He was a giving, supportive, loving person. He cared for society, he cared for Liverpool Football Club and he had a strong social conscience. He wanted to work with people in need, that was his plan.

"He had the ability to listen to people and provide support. He was a wonderful son, supportive to his mother and father. He gave understanding and support to my mother, his grandmother, Edna Waldman and to his grandfather Jack. He was a totally giving person."

Among Dan's many achievements as a journalist was running the Echo's live coverage of the fresh Hillsborough inquests, which concluded that those who died on April 15, 1989 were unlawfully killed.

He also worked meticulously to compile individual tributes to those who lost their lives, spending time with many of the families affected over the years and campaigning passionately on their behalf.

He produced the visual tribute 97 Candles Burn