Dad's wedding pic revealed ravages of cancer battle
Manchester Evening News|March 14, 2024
SAT holding the hand of his new bride and surrounded by his loved ones, Bobby Power smiled as he was photographed on his wedding day.
STEPHEN TOPPING
Dad's wedding pic revealed ravages of cancer battle

It was a 'beautiful' ceremony in front of friends and family on Valentine's Day.

But it took place at Dr Kershaw's Hospice, in Oldham, where 40-year-old Bobby was being cared for.

As reported by the M.E.N. yesterday, his body had been ravaged by pancreatic cancer and his family say he had been unable to get 'any treatment whatsoever!

Describing the wedding, Bobby's mum Estrella Barry told the Manchester Evening News: "He couldn't walk or anything. He was like a little skeleton.

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