Leicester metal fan posthumously gives 600 T-shirts to charity

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A charity shop will sell the T-shirts that feature bands such as Iron Maiden and Metallica.

A heavy metal fan has donated about 600 T-shirts to a charity that provided him with palliative care in the last months of his life.

The 61-year-old had amassed an impressive T-shirt collection featuring some of his favourite metal bands. A TikTok video about the shirt collection was posted, according to the store manager, which attracted thousands of views.Mr Smith's good friend Chris Cockbill said he was an avid metal fan, and was even into some "quite dark music"."In fact, quite poignantly, his funeral was on the first day of Download this year.

The shop had to work out how to sell so many T-shirts - all of which are all large or extra large - having never sold clothing before.Matt Gale, store manager, said: "It's just become more and more popular."We've probably got about 100 T-shirts out in the shop and another 200 in the back - so we still have a lot.

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