The family of wrestling legend Mark 'Rollerball' Rocco - who died aged 69 after being struck down by dementia in his last years - is organising a glitzy charity evening to raise funds to help kids with the childhood form of the devastating disease.
His family, friends and stars of the wrestling world paid tribute to him after he died at a car home in Warrington in 2020. He had been suffering with vascular dementia for the last three years of his life.
Now - delayed by the pandemic - his family is organising an evening to remember Mark and to raise money for the Batten Disease Family Association (BDFA) - Batten disease is a devastating degenerative condition known as the childhood form of dementia.
Up to 150 children in the UK are thought to be living with the disease. READ MORE:Fit and healthy woman died after collapsing during shopping trip on her 20th birthday Raised in Simister near Prestwich, Mark, real name Mark Hussey, became a wrestling legend and a Saturday afternoon TV star - the baddie grapple fans loved to hate.
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