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Tragic Tommy Green died in his sleep. (Picture by Facebook)

People from across the the world are dabbing for a 21-year-old Bury St Edmunds student who died in his sleep last week.

Kind-hearted type 1 diabetes sufferer Tommy Green went to sleep with a stomach bug but unexpectedly fell into severe hypoglycemia, which is extremely low blood sugar levels, during the night.

The Nottingham Trent University student did not wake up from his sleep.

Friendsurged people to dab, a dance craze which started in America, toboost awareness of the potentially fatal condition and to raise money for charities searching for a cure.

Type 1 diabetes, which is distinct form type 2, is believed to affect more than 400,000 people in the UK.

A friend of the student said: At the weekend, one of our type 1 heroes was lost.

Tommy was a kind-hearted university student who was sleeping off a simple tummy bug but sadly never woke up, a fear for so many in the type 1 community and sadly a reality for this family.

Type 1 families will come together, candles will be lit, prayers will be said and T1 families will be dabbing in memory of Tommy.

His mother Jo Green, who lives in Dubai, said: Thank you all so much you are all completely amazing. We are staggered by your wonderful support. We are lifted to think this is raising awareness for diabetes.

Hundreds of people have posted photos of themselves doing the now-famous dab move using the hashtag #dab4tommy.

Tommys friend Russell Edge posted: Tom was my very best friend the kindest soul. We miss him every day.

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Tragic student who died in his sleep inspires 'dabbing for Diabetes' - Metro

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