A Whitley Bay man has been inspired to tackle his first ever marathon to raise funds in memory of a headteacher who died suddenly from a brain tumour.
Father of three Lee Patterson, who was head of Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College in North Shields, died in November 2020 – just seven weeks after being diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a fast-growing type of tumour of the brain or spinal cord.
Thousands has since been raised in the 51-year-old’s memory to help find a cure for the devastating disease.
