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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Carla Feric

Rob Rinder pays tribute to ‘loving’ father David

  • TV judge Rob Rinder has paid tribute to his “beautifully flawed” and “loving” father David, who has died aged 73 after living with Lewy body dementia .
  • Sharing photographs on Instagram, Rinder wrote in the caption: “We were very different men. I loved opera and all its drama; he loved Tottenham and cigarettes.”
  • Rinder added: “I never once doubted his pride in me. When I came out he responded with magnificent indifference: I was still his son, there was nothing else to discuss.”
  • The 48-year-old praised the work of charity Jewish Care which looked after his father, and was “a place where dignity and tenderness were practised every day”.
  • Rinder described Lewy body dementia as “poorly understood, frequently missed and desperately under-researched”, adding: “Please learn its name, learn its signs and if you can, support the work to change that.”

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