Sir Bobby Charlton has died aged 86, his family have announced.
The Manchester United legend was battling dementia, and his family said he"passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning".
"There has never been a more popular footballer. He was as near perfection as man and player as it is possible to be," former United boss Sir Matt Busby said of Charlton.While his second cousin Jackie Milburn became one of the greatest players in Newcastle's history and brother Jack joined Leeds, Bobby's path led to Old Trafford.
It was the kind of display that set the tone for a remarkable club career which was in its infancy when Busby's swashbuckling side won the First Division in 1957. However, he chose to draw strength from those around him rather than submit to the impact of the catastrophe and somehow returned to action on March 1.
First Division titles arrived in 1965 and 1967, either side of the most famous moment in English football history. Charlton would also win the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, while he collected the Ballon d'Or and Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award in 1966.Part of United's heralded 'Holy Trinity' alongside Denis Law and George Best, he scored twice in a 4-1 extra-time win against Benfica in the European Cup final as United became the first English champions of the continent.
Charlton continued to be a huge figure at United, greeting new players and watching them home and away with his wife, Lady Norma. The pair met at a Manchester ice rink in 1959 and married in 1961.
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