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Holly Bowles: Father of teen who died in Laos poisonings tells BBC she was full of life

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Holly Bowles , 19 , died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month .

Her father, Shaun , says he was in "disbelief" when he realised his daughter would not pull through.

Australian teenager was travelling across South East Asia with her best friend Bianca Jones .

They were among six foreign tourists to die in the small, riverside tourist town of Vang Vieng .

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