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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Flo Clifford

Kevin Keegan tributes pour in as Alan Shearer hails ‘hero and friend’ after death at 75

Tributes have flooded in from across the football world after former England player and manager Kevin Keegan died at the age of 75, with Newcastle United honouring a “true giant” of the club and his former signing Alan Shearer calling him “my hero”.

Keegan was diagnosed with cancer in January, with his family announcing he was to receive treatment, while he revealed in June that it was stage four.

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