Keegan dies aged 75, ‘King Kev’ adored by England | OneFootball

Kevin Keegan died of cancer on Monday aged 75, L'Équipe reports. England is mourning a figure it adored.

He won the Ballon d'Or twice, in 1978 and 1979, and later managed Newcastle and the Three Lions.

A magnetic forward whose rise began at Liverpool, he even made Kevin a name parents chose, long before the soap opera.

In May he made a final public appearance in Newcastle, the city that had made him a hero after his own heart.

He said his cancer was very advanced, and England had time to prepare for the loss of one of its most magnificent and popular figures.

Source: L'Équipe