Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend George Best died on Friday afternoon aged 59.

A spokesman for the Cromwell Hospital in west London confirmed: "After a long and very valiant fight Mr George Best died this afternoon in the intensive care unit at Cromwell Hospital.

"The thoughts of all staff at Cromwell Hospital are with Mr Best's family at this time."

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When I was at school, friends used to literally worship George Best.

When I worked in Chelsea in the mid-80s, I sometimes went for a drink at a tiny pub behind the Kings Road called the Phene Arms. I hardly noriced a bearded, gaunt-looking man who always sat alone at the same corner table drinking steadily, seemingly wearing the same clothes. One day a friend of mine nudged me and said : 'See that guy in the corner ? That's George Best....'

He literally had the world at his feet once. A rather sad story.

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Poor George. I used to idolise him when I was a kid.
RIP Mate. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img]

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