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Kevin Keegan

1951 – 2026 · Footballer (attacking midfielder / forward); football manager; pundit; occasional singer / TV personality

“Two-time Ballon d'Or. King Kev. The heartbeat of Newcastle's Entertainers.”

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Hugh Curran

1943 – 2026 · Professional football striker; briefly football manager (Banbury United); hotelier; publican (four Red Lion pubs); Thornhill park-and-ride supervisor (Oxford, after 2005)

“Fast, airborne striker. Scotland's Wembley goal. Wolves and Norwich great.”

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Jimmy Rimmer

1948 – 2026 · Professional football goalkeeper; later goalkeeping coach and caretaker manager (Swansea City); goalkeeping coach (China national team, Dalian Shide; Canada)

“Two European Cups, one England cap; the keeper who put the team first.”

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Sir Billy Boston

1934 – 2026 · Professional rugby league footballer (wing, centre); publican (Griffin Hotel); rugby league ambassador

“Rugby league's first knight: Tiger Bay powerhouse who became Everybody's Hero in Wigan.”

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Sports

Jimmy Batten

1955 – 2026 · Professional boxer (British light-middleweight champion); actor; stand-up comedian; karaoke host/singer; boxing trainer; doorman

“British light-middleweight champion who went the distance with Roberto Duran and never stopped smiling.”

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