Manchester United and Football legend George Best dies

Football mourns George Best death

The football world is in mourning after the death of ex-Manchester United and Northern Ireland star George Best.

Best, 59, died in a west London hospital after multiple organ failure followed eight weeks of ill health.

Drugs needed after his liver transplant in 2002 had made the former alcoholic more susceptible to infection.

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