Remembering Rob Burrow's final message as thousands line streets for funeral
dailyrecord.co.ukThousands of people lined the streets to honor rugby league legend and motor neurone disease (MND) campaigner Rob Burrow ahead of his funeral.The former Leeds Rhino star passed away on June 2 at age 41, after years of raising awareness and millions of dollars for research into the degenerative condition he battled.
Burrow's journey to Pontefract Crematorium for a private funeral was publicised by his former team, drawing supporters who came to pay their respects to the inspirational figure.The cortege slowed at Featherstone Lions ARLFC’s ground on Wakefield Road and passed through Featherstone, near where Burrow played junior rugby.
The procession took place on July 7, a date annually celebrated as Rob Burrow Day by the Leeds Rhinos in honor of the iconic number 7 shirt he wore during his illustrious rugby league career, reports the Mirror.Burrow's 17-year career included eight Super League Grand Final wins, three World Club Challenges, and two Challenge Cups.
In 2019, two years after retiring, Burrow was diagnosed with MND.Despite his diagnosis, Burrow continued to communicate using an eye-gaze machine, which allowed him to speak by focusing on words that were then vocally reproduced by a computer program.
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