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Dave Clarkson 63 and his partner of more than 20 years, Muriel, 55 on their wedding day. The pair got married in the Urology ward at the University hospital of North Tees after Dave found out his cancer was terminal. A cancer patient married his partner from his hospital bed - after being told his condition was terminal. See SWNS story SWWED. Dave Clarkson, 63, finally decided to pop the question to Muriel, his partner of 20 years, when he found out his bowel cancer was inoperable. Realising they had no time to lose, they tied the knot in the urology ward surrounded by doctors, nurses and close family. Father-of-six Dave, from Easington, County Durham, said: "For years we have been talking about getting married but there always seems to have been a reason to put it off. It was only after being given the diagnosis that I thought we had no time to lose.”