Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTV 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.”In fullRob Rinder’s father dies aged 73 from ‘poorly understood’ conditionMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Rob Rinder pays tribute to ‘loving’ father David
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTV 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.”In fullRob Rinder’s father dies aged 73 from ‘poorly understood’ conditionMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
