Burrow died at the age of 41 after a four-and-a-half-year battle with the incurable illness.
Rob Burrow’s father Geoff was among the people at a breaking ground breaking ceremony at the new Rob Burrow Centre for MND in Leeds
On Monday the groundbreaking of the Rob Burrow Centre for MND at Seacroft Hospital went ahead as planned at Burrow’s request, with his family saying he “would be looking down and smiling”. The family said Burrow would have wanted them to be there as construction work started on the state-of-the-art purpose-built care centre.
“It’s giving us the courage today because that’s what Rob would have wanted. He wanted us to be here today. Last night we were wondering how on earth we were going to be able to do that, but the outpouring of love and everybody’s support has been unbelievable.” Geoff Burrow said the family would carry on with his son’s work and spoke of his hope that a cure for the disease would be found.
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