A 91-year-old entertainer from Shrewsbury whose career led him to Hollywood to meet the world's biggest stars, has raised almost £4,000 for charity.
Geoff Rushworth, 91, has raised almost £4,000 for Alzheimer's Research UK with his book
Geoff and his book, together with his daughter Julie, who is a member of the official Shropshire Fundraising Group for the charity, and son Paul "There has been a lot of publicity about a new drug, Lecanemab, which may help to destroy the amyloid plaque in the brain which is one of the causes of dementia scientists have discovered."But there’s still a long way to go. And there is still only one dementia researcher for every four cancer researchers."We’d love to have more members joining our group. We do put the 'FUN' into fundraising.
Despite being left with severe hearing difficulties, this did not stop Geoff from pursuing the martial art – and he later became Shropshire's first ever black belt.Geoff taught himself magic out of a book, and together with his wife, they performed all over the world and also at the London Palladium, meeting some of the world's biggest stars.
"From then he went on to become Shropshire's first judo black belt, founded the Shrewsbury judo club, was nearly in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics .
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