{"id":2710,"date":"2024-12-11T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:08:24","slug":"the-beloved-star-has-died-leaving-the-world-in-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/2710","title":{"rendered":"The beloved star has died, leaving the world in shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>Rob Burrow, the legendary Leeds Rhinos and England rugby player, passed away on June 2 at the age of 41 after a courageous battle with motor neurone disease (MND). Hundreds gathered at Leeds Civic Hall to pay tribute to his life and legacy during a funeral reception.\n</p><p>Burrow\u2019s family, along with about 180 attendees, including his former teammate Jamie Jones-Buchanan, MND Association CEO Tanya Curry, and Leeds City Council leader James Lewis, were present at the event organized by Abigail Marshall Katung, the Lord Mayor of Leeds.\n</p><p>On July 7, as the cortege made its way to a private service, the streets were lined with supporters in Leeds Rhinos shirts, honoring Burrow. His wife Lindsey, their three children, and his family accompanied him. In a heartfelt gesture, the hearse stopped at Featherstone Lions\u2019 ground, where Burrow first played junior rugby.\n</p><div class='\"g' g-4>\n<div class='\"g-single' a-27>\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-22063\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/supergrate.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/collage-6.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"'>\n<p>Lindsey Burrow paid tribute to her husband, saying he \u201cmade the world a better place.\u201d Burrow\u2019s final message encouraged everyone to \u201cnot waste a moment\u201d of their lives, reminding us that \u201cin a world full of adversity, we must still dare to dream.\u201d\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Rob Burrow, the legendary Leeds Rhinos and England rugby player, passed away on June 2 at the age of 41 after a courageous battle with motor neurone disease (MND). Hundreds gathered at Leeds Civic Hall to pay tribute to his life and legacy during a funeral reception. Burrow\u2019s family, along with about 180 attendees, including [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></figure></div></div></div></header>