When Rob Burrow and wife Lindsey met as teenagers, they knew they were destined to be together for the rest of their lives. But their time together was tragically cut short, with rugby club Leeds Rhinos confirming on Sunday that Burrow had passed away at the age of 41 following his diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND). The former Rugby League player was told he had MND in late 2019, two years after he retired from the sport.
From then on, he made it his mission to raise awareness of the incurable condition, at the same time as fundraising millions for research. It was his devoted wife Lindsey, an NHS physiotherapist, who cared for her husband with unwavering support. Rob, who surpassed doctors' expectations and lived with the disease for five years, previously admitted that he couldn't have carried on without her, and in a BBC documentary, Lindsey revealed that her husband had one request for her upon his eventual death.
He had begged her to 'find someone else' following his passing, but the full-time carer, whom he met at 15, refused to. Speaking in the BBC documentary Rob Burrow: Living With MND in 2022, she said: "He always says, find someone else. You're young.
But there won't be anybody else. No one will take Rob's place." In tears, she continued: "I like to plan.
But it's really difficult because Rob doesn't like to talk about the future. "It's really difficult because you don't want to upset him but I want to know what Rob wants and his wishes so we have had to hav.
