KATHMANDU: World Cup-winning England midfielder Nobby Stiles has died after a long illness. He was 78 years old.
The former Manchester United player had been suffering from prostate cancer and advanced dementia.
Stiles is the seventh member of the England team that started the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany to die, after captain Bobby Moore, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters and Jack Charlton.
Manchester-born Stiles was made an MBE in 2000.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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