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Former Manchester United wing-half Maurice Setters, who was Bobby Charlton’s best man and assistant to Jack Charlton with Ireland, dies aged 83 after battle with Alzheimer’s Maurice Setters has died at the age of 83 after six-year battle with Alzheimer’s Wing-half made over 400 appearances in Football League in his playing career He was part … Read more
A new documentary shows World Cup winner Jack Charlton in the final few months of his life – and offers a heartbreaking glimpse into his battle with dementia. Documentary Finding Jack Charlton shows the former Leeds United defender and Republic of Ireland manager at his Northumberland home. In one tragic scene, his wife Pat says: ‘They … Read more
Hundreds of people lined the streets of a Northumberland town today to pay their respects to World Cup winning hero Jack Charlton after the footballer died 11 days ago aged 85. The funeral cortege will leave his home and slowly pass through Ashington where he and his brother Sir Bobby spent countless hours in back … Read more
Jack Charlton’s brother has called for the 1966 World Cup winner to receive a posthumous knighthood. Tommy said it would be a ‘fitting tribute’ to the England legend, who died peacefully on Friday aged 85 after battling dementia and lymphoma. His appeal was echoed by celebrities and politicians, with former Liverpool star Ray Houghton branding … Read more
Jack Charlton’s granddaughter has paid tribute to the 1966 World Cup winner as a campaign grows for him to receive a posthumous knighthood. Emma Wilkinson told of her ‘extremely warm, very tactile’ grandfather who died on Friday aged 85 after battling dementia and lymphoma. The ITV reporter, based in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, fought back tears as she recalled … Read more