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RIP Doddie Weir

KBslittlesis
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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,142
    Brave guy who did a great deal to bring people's attention to MND. Rest in peace big man. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,593
    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,139
    No age at all. RIP.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Very brave man who helped to raise a lot of money towards MND research. RIP
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    RIP Doddie... Glad you're not having to suffer anymore

    Just fuck off now MND!!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    R I P Doddie.. more proof that Rugby is potentially a dangerous game .. if there is any benefit from his predicament, it is that more attention has been drawn to a horrible disease and his charity has raised a lot of funding for research into possible treatments and a cure .. great shame
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,993
    RIP
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    RIP
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,435
    Lost the battle with MND -:horrendous condition.

    Very sad. RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,757
    edited November 2022
    It was so awful to see how Doddie went downhill as a result of this dreadful disorder. 

    RIP Big Man
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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    MND is probably the worst disorder that can inflict a person.  It gets a lot of coverage on the local news here.  It's heart breaking what it does to people.  In that sense it's a release.

    RIP big man 
  • Glovepup
    Glovepup Posts: 1,742
    RIP. Didn't know who he was until I saw him on BBC news a few months ago. 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    RIP
  • QatarNapsy
    QatarNapsy Posts: 998
    RIP Doddie
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,619
    I met Doddie on a stag do in 2007 (I think) - friend I work with is ex Scotland rugby intl player - stag do was in Manchester - whilst some of the other ex pro rugby players were a bit standoffish, he was a lovely lovely man - made a point of coming over and saying hello, wanted to know about me and my mate, very funny, consumed beer like it was going out of fashion - did some outrageous things that weekend which I can’t post on CL 😂😂😂

    RIP - passing at 52 - same age as me - so so sad 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    edited November 2022
    Very sad news to hear of Doddie's passing. Have been following the brave fight of Doddie, Rob Burrow and Stephen Darby against this terrible disease. 

    Only last week Kevin Sinfield and his support team ran a week of ultra marathons to raise funds for MND. Let's hope that the brave fight of people like Doddie  Rob and Stephen results in a cure for this cruel disease.
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    No age, as brave off the pitch as on it.

    RIP big man.
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,440
    RIP. Such a nice man.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    RIP sir, fought battles on the pitch and an even bigger one off it. God bless you Doddie.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    RIP. He's been such an inspiration, brave and so positive.
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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    RIP, this proper sucks.  Doing something you live shouldn't leave debilitated and then dead  decades ahead of your time.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    RIP
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    cfgs said:
    RIP, this proper sucks.  Doing something you live shouldn't leave debilitated and then dead  decades ahead of your time.
    Unfortunately dont think there is anything that links back to MND, like what dementia does with heading a ball - Just feels a cruel lottery
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,357
    What a man! RIP
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    cfgs said:
    RIP, this proper sucks.  Doing something you live shouldn't leave debilitated and then dead  decades ahead of your time.
    Unfortunately dont think there is anything that links back to MND, like what dementia does with heading a ball - Just feels a cruel lottery
    I don't know, if you look at the famous people that have been inflicted there does seem to be a high proportion of people that played contact sports.  American Football and Rugby seem especially high.

    I didn't realise Marcus Stewart has just been diagnosed :-( 
  • ecclesaddick
    ecclesaddick Posts: 390
    RIP Big Man
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,218
    Saw the recent programme about Rob Burrow who has MND, horrible disease.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,618
    RIP

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