Tributes paid after death of first man to have Pfizer jab in UK rollout

William 'Bill' Shakespeare, who died after suffering a stroke, was proud of being one of the first to receive the vaccine, his wife Joy said.

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A former parish councillor in England who hit the headlines around the world as the first man to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has died of an unrelated illness.

William “Bill” Shakespeare, then aged 81, was the second person in the UK to receive a coronavirus vaccine outside a clinical trial.