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Liverpool legend and three-time European Cup winner Ray Kennedy dies aged 70, after a 35-year battle with Parkinson’s disease
- Ray Kennedy, 70, has died following a 35-year battle against Parkinson’s disease
- The midfielder, who played for Liverpool and Arsenal, was diagnosed in 1986
- Kennedy remains a legend at Anfield, where he was for seven-and-a-half years
- He won three European Cups and five league titles playing under Bob Paisley
Former Arsenal, Liverpool and England footballer Ray Kennedy has died at the age of 70 following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
A member of the Arsenal team that won the First Division and FA Cup Double in 1971, Kennedy would go on to achieve astonishing success at Anfield.
With Liverpool, the midfielder won five more league titles and the European Cup on three occasions as part of their vintage team of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Legendary manager Bob Paisley described him as ‘one of Liverpool’s greatest players and probably the most under-rated.’
Kennedy won 17 caps for England but was never able to usurp Trevor Brooking in the side and retired from the international game in 1981.
He was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s when a player at Hartlepool in the twilight of his career and struggled with the illness for the rest of his life.
Ray Kennedy (right, pictured for Liverpool in 1980) has died after battling Parkinson’s disease
Kennedy (right, playing for Arsenal in 1971) died aged 70 after a 35-year battle with the disease
Kennedy spent seven-and-a-half years with Liverpool where he became a club legend
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Source : dailymail
