The Moment: Troy Townsend on the death of his son Kurtis and learning to deal with grief

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Recorded09 Jun 2022

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Troy Townsend, head of development at Kick It Out, sits down with Kelly Cates and Geoff Thomas to discuss the death of his son Kurtis in a car accident in 2001 and how he and his family coped with the tragedy.Troy is father to six children, including Kurtis and current Everton midfielder Andros, and in this conversation he speaks honestly and emotionally about his relationships with them, and how over twenty years later he is still learning to deal with grief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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