George Best. De beste speler ooit zonder groot toernooi.

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Op maandag 21 november 2005 20:40 schreef tong80 het volgende:
verteren

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Op zaterdag 29 oktober 2005 15:20 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Mooi eerbetoon aan hem bij de BBC vanmiddag.

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Op maandag 21 november 2005 21:08 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Ja Golfert. Dat wordt één van de eerste genieën van onze generatie die zal overlijden.

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Legende Best 'nadert laatste uren'

Het is volgens de doktoren onwaarschijnlijk dat George Best de komende 24 uren overleeft. Een interne bloeding die afgelopen nacht optrad lijkt de 59-jarige Noord-Ierse legende noodlottig te gaan worden.

"Het lijkt er op dat zijn uren zijn geteld", aldus professor Roger Williams van het Cromwell Hospital te Londen.

De oud-speler van Noord-Ierland en Manchester United werd acht weken geleden opgenomen met griepsymptomen en werd later ook nog getroffen door een longinfectie. De gezondheid van Best was de laatste jaren al slecht, mede door overmatig alcoholgebruik.

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Op donderdag 24 november 2005 20:03 schreef Gunner het volgende:
hey tong, zo kan ik ook 130.000+ posts halen. nooit van de edit knop gehoord?

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Op donderdag 24 november 2005 20:08 schreef tong80 het volgende:

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Lul niet man.Dit is als eerbetoon. Ga ergens anders lopen zeiken.

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George Best 'very close to death'

Footballing legend George Best is said to be close to death and is no longer receiving treatment to keep him alive.

Best, 59, developed internal bleeding on Wednesday night but had been "hanging on, proving he is a true fighter" since then, the doctor said.

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George Best very close to death

Footballing legend George Best is said to be close to death and is no longer receiving treatment to keep him alive.

His doctor, Professor Roger Williams, said he had expected to wake up to be told the ex-Manchester United and Northern Ireland star died overnight.

"It is very surprising and he's a very strong man in many ways," he said.

Best, 59, has multiple organ failure following internal bleeding. He was admitted to Cromwell Hospital, west London, on 1 October with flu symptoms.


Sadly this must come to an end over the next few hours
Professor Roger Williams
Professor Williams told Five Live Breakfast: "He's not experiencing pain. He's on a ventilator. He's sedated.

"He has a low blood pressure and sadly this must come to an end over the next few hours - I'd be very surprised if it didn't."

Another member of the medical team, Dr Akeel Alisa, said: "It is just a case of waiting now and making him comfortable. I would like him to survive another day, but it is not likely.

"He has multiple organ failure and this is causing abnormalities in his blood. The family have been here throughout the night - they have been very brave."

Family vigil

When Best's closest relatives arrived at the hospital on Thursday, they asked the gathered media not to film or photograph them as they went in.

Portsmouth Football Club chairman Milan Mandaric, a close friend of Best, said: "It's not easy for them - Calum [Best's son] loves his Dad; they are all good people like George."

After visiting Best in hospital, Mr Mandaric told reporters: "What is a shame is that people who don't know George don't know what a great man he is. He's got a large heart.

"I just want George to still be around, that would be my hope."

Former team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law also visited the hospital on Thursday.

Deterioration

Best suffered a kidney infection and internal bleeding last month, then his condition deteriorated sharply last Friday with a lung infection.

Things looked more positive earlier this week when he was taken off sedation and regained consciousness.

But his condition deteriorated once more with the development of internal bleeding between 0100 and 0200 GMT on Wednesday.

Drugs needed after a liver transplant in 2002 had made the recovering alcoholic more susceptible to infection.

Best helped Manchester United win the European Cup in 1968 - the first English club to do so - and he was European Footballer of the Year that season.

His style captivated football fans around the world but his playboy lifestyle degenerated into alcoholism and bankruptcy.

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-- Former Manchester United soccer star George Best has died, doctors at London's Cromwell Hospital say.
Watch CNN or log on to http://edition.cnn.com for the latest news.

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George Best (59) overleden
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**De Britse voetballegende George Best
is op 59-jarige leeftijd overleden.De
oud-speler van onder andere Manchester
United en het Noord-Ierse elftal (39
caps) werd begin vorige maand opgenomen
vanwege een leverinfectie en bezweek
uiteindelijk aan een longontsteking.

Best maakte op 17-jarige leeftijd zijn
debuut bij Manchester United.Met zijn
fabuleuze techniek en passeerbewegingen
stal hij de harten van de fans.Hij zou
361 keer voor de Red Devils uitkomen.
Daarin trof hij 136 keer doel.

Met United veroverde hij twee nationale
titels.In 1968 leidde hij de club naar
de Europa Cup I.Dat jaar werd hij ook
gekroond tot beste Europese speler.

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Op vrijdag 25 november 2005 14:17 schreef dolle_hond het volgende:
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