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Bob died of dementia at 53

Bob Rushton had served Australia with pride in the Army. He had arranged complex medical evacuation of critically ill people from around the world. He loved camping, his mates and our great outdoors. He was the salt of the earth.

Most of all, Bob loved his family – his wife, Lisa; his children, Stephanie, Amy and Poppy; and then later, his two grandsons.

The day he visited our research centre, aged only 48, it was clear that all of this was being rapidly stolen from him.

Bob later died of dementia. He was 53.

Lisa told us,

Bob was the man I’d chosen to build a life with, and now he’s gone. Life goes on but it is very different. I’m reminded everyday of him in lots of little things, but you know what reminds me the most of him? The girls' eyelashes… so long and dark, just like their daddy’s.

It is very difficult to be without him.

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