The nation pays tribute after Rob Burrow passes away at 41 | Jeremy Vine

Published: Jun 02, 2024 Duration: 00:03:45 Category: News & Politics

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so we start the day with a story which is the lead on most front pages and and here's the express he inspired the nation Rob burrow dies at 41 the battle with M andd motor neuron disease they actually have a different name for for that illness in the states they call it ALS which causes some confusion but it's a horrible thing to get he died too young he's been described by his former teammate Kevin sinfield as a Beacon of Hope and inspiration the pair helped to raise more than 15 million pound for motor neuron disease Charities since Rob's diagnosis in 2019 and we'll show you this what what is a kind of iconic moment now in which they were at the leads Marathon Rob was was um running the the course and Kevin got him over the line by carrying him [Applause] Some Noise hear you make some noise that is so powerful incredibly moving you know that was his teammate five years earlier they'd been playing rugby together and you know Rob Rob burrow is a is just a legend when you think of rugby you think of huge great gigantic men you know go around bashing into each other he was 5' 4 in tall and the reason he one of the reason he was so brilliant was he could nip and Tuck and weave and and you know he was like a will of the Wisp he was he was as fast as a hair fantastic and and and he he was just a complete player we do we and there's a lot of talk about whether some of these Impact Sports do cause these illnesses we just don't know well we we we just don't know but what is really horrifying about this one is that this took five years right died at 41 diagnosed between 36 and 37 of course Steven Hawkins had a similar disease and lived 55 years after he diagnosed at 21 years of age so in in a way people say well you know he got and and he cop with it so brilliantly you know including that very moving image you just seen being carried over over the line by his his teammate but he never moaned once all he did was raise three million quid for a charity to try and fight this pernicious and Dreadful disease which he did and now he's gone you know I do a bit of work for the the the motor neurone Disease Association charity Steven Hawking thing is complicated it may be because he got it so young at University that it's sort of stuck and it didn't progress most people die within two years of diagnosis it's really a bad one but the work I mean I'm coming to know of this I'm only learning about who he is and and the work that he's done and just to use your celebrity and also your skill and dedication to a sport and then transfer all those brilliant skills into helping others and promote um sort of work and charity work that he did it's it's exceptional stuff to see him transfer those skills and that celebrity into something meaningful and Lasting I wouldn't it be amazing if one day they have a vaccine for it or something really got to you'd hope so he was he was a Superman in rugby you know he won so many titles he won eight grand finals which is unprecedented and whilst people in the South like yourself might say I'm only just getting to know him in the north of England particularly leads he is a David Beckham figure believe me

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