ITV Coronation Street star dies aged 78 after long battle with illness
ok.co.ukEverton's chairman, Bill Kenwright, has died at the age of 78 after a long health battle. A lifelong fan, Kenwright had been a shareholder at Goodison Park since 1999 and took on the role of chairman in 2004.
The former West End producer, who also appeared in Coronation Street, hadn't been seen at any Everton games since last season.The club announced earlier this month that he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver in August.
After a lengthy stay in intensive care following the surgery, Kenwright was discharged from hospital on October 12 to continue his recovery at home.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the club said: "Everton Football Club is in mourning following the death of Chairman Bill Kenwright CBE, who passed away peacefully last night aged 78, surrounded by his family and loved ones." "Everton's longest serving chairman for more than a century, Bill Kenwright led the Club through a period of unprecedented change in English football." "A lifelong Evertonian, he became a board member on October 23, 1989, and then on Boxing Day 1999 his True Blue Holdings consortium acquired the Club.
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