His son, Colin, was aged just 24 when he lost a battle with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma in 2015. He died just six months after he had been diagnosed.
Colin had been a fit and health young man, a personal trainer at Bawtry Gym in Doncaster, and a keen rugby player.
Tony, who ran a successful garden centre, Simply Beautiful Garden Ornaments, in Attercliffe, had split up from Colin’s mum but had been close to Colin when he was growing up.
He was devastated by the loss – and it hit him badly.
He ditched his business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
Tony said: “It changed my life. I lived work and breathed work before that. The day Colin died I left work.
“He had volunteered to take part in a trial of a new treatment, and doctors told me a four year old girl had survived because of what he went through. It was not a…
