Grieving father fulfills his deceased daughter's dream of fame

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Grieving father fulfills his deceased daughter's dream of fame
Credit: THERESIALYCEUM TILBURG

Grab the tissues.

Tragedy struck the community of Tillburg in the Netherlands on Thursday after 13-year-old Anna van Keulen passed away from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on her commute to school.

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Her father, Niek van Keulen, is now attempting to fulfill Anna's dream of becoming famous.

He posted a YouTube video of Anna playing "Did I Make the Most of Loving You" (watch above), the theme song to the television show Downton Abbey on the piano, urging people to watch the video. The video had already garnered more than 360,000 views (at the time of writing).

The following tweets have been translated from Dutch to English.

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Credit: Niek van keulen

Overwhelmed with the response, van Keulen also tweeted that he has no interest in interviews, reminding the media to focus their attention on Anna, not him.

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Credit: Niek van keulen

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