Peter Hook completes Great Manchester Run in memory of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke
nme.comNew Order and Joy Division co-founder Peter Hook ran the AJ Bell Great Manchester Run this morning (May 21) in honour of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke.Rourke died earlier this week after “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer”.
He was 59.Speaking to BBC Sport after completing the Great Manchester Run, Hook told host Jeanette Kwakye that: “I lost a really good friend this week, Andy Rourke from The Smiths.
I ran for you Andy, rest in peace.”Hook has regularly taken part in the Great Manchester Run, raising money for the Manchester-based The Christie, which is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe.
Speaking about raising money for charity, Hook said: “We shouldn’t have to do it but we do, and we do it with great pleasure.”Mo Farah crosses the finish line in Manchester for the final time.
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