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Oct 15 2008 by Katie Campling, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
PEOPLE from across the world will be able watch a special memorial service for Examiner journalist Adrian Sudbury tomorrow.
The service, at Sheffield’s historic cathedral, will be broadcast live on www.examiner.co.uk with help from the BBC.
It is a response to public feeling and the sheer number of people Adrian, 27, inspired.
It’s believed this is the first time in the UK a newspaper has been able to provide such a broadcast.
The service, which starts at 2pm, will celebrate the life of Adrian who died on August 20 after an 18-month fight with leukaemia.
He dedicated his final months to his Sign Up For Sudders campaign to raise awareness about bone marrow donation.
It also called on the Government to provide better education about bone marrow donation in schools and colleges – especially to 17- and 18-year-olds.
The Government has written to every UK school and college, asking them to use an online Give And Let Live teaching resource.
The memorial service will be attended by people who supported Sign Up For Sudders, as well as Adrian’s friends, family and colleagues.
Also expected to attend are readers of Adrian’s award-winning online diary, Baldy’s Blog, where he chronicled the ups and downs of living with leukaemia.
The service will feature a pre-prepared message from Adrian himself, video tributes from the media and colleagues, speeches from his family, friends and Colne Valley MP Kali Mountford, who helped with Adrian’s campaign.
Sheffield-born star Sean Bean will also be at the event, reading an extract from the poem On Death by Khalil Gibran.
The Hollywood actor met Adrian when they were supporting a fundraising appeal at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.
l Anyone who would like to attend the service should email rsvpadrian@trinitymirror.com or call 01484 437707 and leave a message.
For directions to the cathedral, visit www.sheffield-cathedral.co.uk
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