This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7571810.stm
The article has changed 12 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Bone marrow donor campaigner dies | Bone marrow donor campaigner dies |
| (20 minutes later) | |
| A journalist who petitioned Downing Street calling for better awareness of bone marrow donation has died after a battle with leukaemia. | A journalist who petitioned Downing Street calling for better awareness of bone marrow donation has died after a battle with leukaemia. |
| Adrian Sudbury, from Sheffield, spent the final few months of his life campaigning to help other sufferers. | Adrian Sudbury, from Sheffield, spent the final few months of his life campaigning to help other sufferers. |
| The 26-year-old was diagnosed with two types of leukaemia. A bone marrow transplant proved unsuccessful and doctors said the disease was terminal. | The 26-year-old was diagnosed with two types of leukaemia. A bone marrow transplant proved unsuccessful and doctors said the disease was terminal. |
| Mr Sudbury is understood to have died in the early hours of Wednesday. | Mr Sudbury is understood to have died in the early hours of Wednesday. |
| 'Last big outing' | |
| The Huddersfield Examiner journalist, who wrote a blog throughout his illness, was told in May that the leukaemia had returned. He decided not to have any further treatment. | |
| He vowed to raise the profile of bone marrow donation for others to have a chance at life and throughout his campaign he met Prime Minister Gordon Brown. | |
| He lobbied MPs for better information campaigns and gathered 11,000 names for a petition calling for better education about bone marrow donation for others. | |
| He travelled to Downing Street last month to hand over his petition to Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Health Secretary Alan Johnson. | |
| Speaking at the time, he said his trip to London was likely to be his "last big outing". |