This week we pay tribute to student Rob McCormick, beloved brother, son, friend and housemate who tragically passed away in the early hours of the morning of Sunday 4th December after being struck by a taxi.
Rob was hit at the junction of Anson road and Dennison road at around 3.00am on Sunday on his way home from a party in the Fallowfield area. Originally from, Dousland, Devon, Rob was in his final year studying Accounting and Finance.
Since a young age he had always been extremely ambitious and successful. He was Headboy at Plymouth College, had already interned at both KPMG and Ernst & Young, travelled and volunteered in India and worked for a summer in New York. He was President of Manchester’s BA Econ Society and had a job lined up at Ernst & Young for when he graduated.
Rob’s housemates said, ‘He had already achieved so much and would have gone on to be so much more, he took every opportunity he could and motivated all of those who knew and loved him’.
Donna, Rob’s sister added, ‘one thing that must be mentioned about Rob was his modesty, he was such a high achiever without ever being bigheaded’.
Not only had Rob achieved so much in his academic life, but he also played hockey at University and had been acting since a young age. Rob had been an extra in Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’, appeared in the Theatre Royale’s pantomime of Peter Pan and had attended the Italia Conti performing Arts School.
Donna continued, ‘even at school he was Joseph in the Nativity play’.
His parents, Karen and Steve said, ‘in this time one of the best comfort has been the tributes and messages on Rob’s Facebook page’. So many comments talk of what an inspiration Rob was to all those around him and how he was never seen without a smile on his face.
Steve added, ‘Rob inspired people and was much loved by people that came into contact with him’.
Jordan, Rob’s housemate wrote, ‘You were a son, a brother and a friend. But above all these things you were simply an extraordinary human being’.
Another of Rob’s housemates, Andrea said, ‘I feel extremely lucky to have lived with you, we became more than a group of friends, we became a family and now we feel so lost without you’.
Rob was known by those close to him for his love of cheesy dance tunes and fancy dress, for reading the Financial Times, for always smiling and always whistling. He always made time for others and there has been nothing but kind words and happy memories left in his wake.
He loved life more than anyone I have ever known and it is such a loss to the world that he has gone. This article can only show a glimpse of the love for Rob and the achievements he made. There are truly not enough words to do justice to the extraordinary person he already was and the things he would have gone on to achieve.
Wednesday the 14th of December would have been his 22nd Birthday. His funeral will be held in Devon this week.
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