‘He was the most inspirational man’ - Star's words for Sudders

Oct 17 2008 by Katie Campling, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

‘He was the most inspirational man’

He made sure of this with his choice of music; Bob Marley, a family holiday favourite, featured while the congregation later filed out to Chesney Hawkes’ The One And Only.

This was a student union favourite when Adrian was at Liverpool University and provoked tears and laughter from his many friends at the service.

Adrian was also keen for the memorial service to celebrate what he achieved with his campaign to raise awareness about bone marrow donation and hoped it would inspire people to continue his work. A show of cards with the names of 41 nations from around the world showed the impact of his campaign and blog so far.

But Adrian’s message was that his campaign can be taken even further by those he left behind.

He said: “Some people will think this was somehow my life's purpose, to kick off this campaign, and of course, had I never been ill, this would probably never have happened. You do realise it falls upon all of you to make sure this comes off now!”