A former cricket player whose wife died suddenly in Waitrose has paid tribute to his 'loving, generous and kind' partner.
Duncan Pauline, 64, said he and his wife, Wiyada, had been planning on retiring to her home country of Thailand before she suddenly collapsed and died in the supermarket in Ether High Street, Surrey, on Wednesday.
The former Surrey County Cricket Club star said they had even bought their forever home in Southeast Asia, but he will now tragically have to make the near-6,000 mile journey alone with her ashes.
Wiyada, whose nickname was 'Lek' - which translates to small in Thai - had been buying groceries in the upmarket store at around 6pm when she suddenly collapsed and died in front of horrified shoppers.
Paramedics and police rushed to help following reports of 'concern' over Wiyada's condition after the fall, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
