The Heartbreaking Reason Why This Bride Shaved Her Head At Her Wedding Reception

Publish date: Friday, 22 Apr 2016, 12:40PM

Joan Best decided to turn her attention to her husband on her wedding day, and use it as a forum to support her husband's battle with pancreatic cancer.

Joan came to the dance floor with a razor after leaving briefly to wash her hair. Guests crowded around her as she shaved off her hair.

"I was really relaxed during the process, just thinking how thankful and privileged I was to be able to do this," she told CBS.

Diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in August 2015, he was given between nine and 12 months to live, and lost all his hair.

"We decided to do all the things we wanted to do but never did," Joan told CBS - this included getting married.

See this bride shave her head at her wedding to support her terminally ill groom <3 https://t.co/OuP2gn1wBC pic.twitter.com/D658uQQIpI
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Joan donated her hair to Little Princess Trust, an organisation that creates wigs for terminally ill children, and encouraged her guests to donate in whatever way they could.

What a beautiful couple.