In England Robin Cavendish became one of the first paralysed polio victims to defy expectations and leave the hospital, with the help of a special wheelchair that helped him breathe. Jump to: Overview (2) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (4) Overview (2) Born: March 12, 1930 in Derbyshire, England, UK: Died: August 8, 1994 in Oxfordshire, England, UK: Spouse (1) Diana Blacker (1957 - 8 August 1994) ( his death) ( 1 child) Trivia (4) Was stricken with polio at the age of 28. That machine had been the soundtrack to our lives.”Bridget Jones producer Jonathan Cavendish nearly lost his father Roger at an early ageWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. We have created a browser extension. When Cavendish was struck down by polio at the age of 28, he was given first three months, then one year to live. He attended In December 1958, while in Kenya, Cavendish became ill with For the remainder of his life, Cavendish and his wife worked not only to improve the quality of his life, but the lives of other paralysed people, travelling the world to inspire others as campaigners for disabled people. He was suffering severe bleeds, caused by years of using the breathing tube, and risked drowning in his blood. Then he was told that he would spend whatever time he had in a hospital bed. Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE (12 March 1930 – 8 August 1994), was a British advocate for disabled people, medical aid developer, and one of the longest-lived responauts in Britain. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post What makes him memorable was what he did for others. Young people found him an irresistible ear to pour confidences into and his stimulating and down-to-earth attitude to problems helped many.

Travelling with my father, Robin Cavendish, was not straightforward. The couple were looking forward to their life together. Many people achieve moments of great courage, few are called on to show it continuously for 36 years.When Cavendish was struck down by polio at the age of 28, he was given first three months, then one year to live. There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts I think he probably did it to check she didn’t want to leave. They often drove from Oxford to London in their specially adapted van, returning home late at night. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when
He would lecture our coach on tactics.”Now 83, Diana, who has never remarried, looked after Robin’s care almost single-handed. But just before the birth of their only child, Cavendish stumbled and fell while playing tennis, and woke in the night with an aching arm. {{#replies}} This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. Jonathan says: “He was the life and soul of the party.”At no time more than the very end when, aged 64, he decided he wanted to die. {{#replies}} Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease His son Jonathan became a film producer, whose production company Imaginarium Studios, is behind the There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts The portable ventilator blew up as they drove round a roundabout outside Barcelona. Robin Cavendish had been paralysed from the neck down aged just 28, after a near-fatal bout of polio. He is notable for his work on Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Breathe (2017) and the Bridget Jones films. try again, the name must be uniquePlease to your comment.

The real-life inspiration for the new film “Breathe,” Diana Cavendish, attended a screening Monday. I think I just tripped over it or pulled it out or was playing, and probably ran off.”Robin found his cries for help fading fast as the artificial breath failed. . Jonathan says: “Local people came, and a guitarist, and a priest.

There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Invalid postcode. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. If it stopped, he would die within two minutes.And because he and his wife Diana had made the radical decision that he should come home, rather than remain in a hospital as was the norm in the 1960s, ensuring the ventilator never stopped was their responsibility alone.Jonathan says, matter-of-factly: “I realised quite early on my father was two minutes from death at any time.”The regular power cuts of the era brought that fact home with a heart-in-mouth jolt.

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