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His death led to 14 of his school friends coming together to honour his memory by raising money for the mental health charity, MIND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His friend, Jojo Quattrocchi, 32, said: \u201cIt\u2019s been something so tragic but we\u2019ve managed to try and spin that into something positive by running for Jake\u2019s family, for MIND, and just sharing our solidarity for mental health and how we can maybe break these stigmas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sheffield friends are running the half marathon to raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MindCharity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MindCharity<\/a> in memory of racing driver, Jake Cook.<br><br>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hRYv2XG6WN\">https:\/\/t.co\/hRYv2XG6WN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sheffield Wire (@Sheffield_Wire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheffield_Wire\/status\/1769671738520998180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of an \u201cinspirational\u201d Rotherham racing driver by suicide has led a group of friends from Sheffield to raise money for mental health in his memory. 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