Brown in tears recalling daughters death on TV

In a rare outburst of emotions,British PM Gordon Brown wept in public when he spoke about the death of his daughter Jennifer...

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In a rare outburst of emotions,British PM Gordon Brown wept in public when he spoke about the death of his daughter Jennifer and expressed fears of a premature and similar fate of his son Fraser,who has cystic fibrosis.

Browns wife Sarah also sobbed during an interview of the Premier by Piers Morgan for a TV programme. The candid exchanges,before a live studio audience,are to be broadcast on Piers Morgans Life Stories on ITV next Sunday.

According to The Sunday Telegraph,Brown told how it was he,and not his wife,who was first to realise Jennifer was not going to survive.

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Ten-day-old Jennifer,the Browns first child,died in 2002 due to a brain haemorrhage. She was born premature. She died in the arms of her parents at Edinburghs Royal Infirmary.

Brown spoke of his agony when he came to know that his three-year-old son Fraser may have a poor life expectancy. Fraser has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.