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Big Issue vendors are valued members of their communities. Their loss is felt not only by the Big Issue family but by the customers and friends they’ve made along the way. Here we remember those who died this year

Marc Jones was sadly found dead at Adams Court hostel in Cardiff on 10 December, just days after speaking to The Big Issue for an interview that was due to be published in the new year. Marc, 47, was an on-off seller of the magazine who had been back working as a vendor for six weeks before his sudden death.

As part of the progress he was making as a vendor, Marc put himself forward for the My Pitch page of the magazine to speak about his

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