Manchester United and English football legend Sir Bobby Charlton has died after a fall at the nursing home where he lived. The 1966 world champion died at the age of 86 on October 21.
Charlton lived in a care home for the elderly in Knutsford, which specializes in care for dementia patients. A few days ago, the famous football player was diagnosed with dementia. While getting up from his chair, Sir Bobby lost his balance and hit a window sill and then a radiator. Staff at the nursing home initially found no signs of injury and Charlton's movement was normal, but then they noticed swelling on his back. He was taken to hospital where he was found to have broken ribs and was most likely to develop pneumonia, so it was deemed that he should be placed on a dying ward where he died five days later. Charlton also had COVID-19 in September.
BGNES reminds that Sir Bobby Charlton, the legend of Manchester United and England, died at the age of 86 on Saturday. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers in United's history, scoring 249 goals in 758 games for the club between 1956 and 1973. Charlton won the European Cup with the Red Devils in 1968, as well as three First Division.
The world champion with England since 1966 has 106 matches with the national shirt and 49 goals for the "Three Lions" - a record he held between 1970 and 2015. /BGNES
