European: George Best near death

legendary English star George Best is near death in a London hospital, he has been hospitalized since oct 1 with various infections

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Things don't look good for him right now...

He was a magnificant football player, but he just loved the drink to much.

Looks like the end may be near, they are saying that he won't last 24hrs and that was awhile ago....

'The best player in the world'
Pelé

'Unquestionably the greatest'
Sir Alex Ferguson

'Don't coach him. He's a genius'
Sir Matt Busby

'The one tragedy George Best has to contront is that he will never know how good he could have been'
Michael Parkinson

'He dribbled like Garrincha, pulled birds like Jagger and drank like a fish'
Daily Telegraph

'It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all and from there my life slowly fell apart'
George Best

George Best has passed away, he sounds like he was a great player who could not overcome his personal demon....

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yip, he passed away this afternoon.

since am a young guy i never got to see him play unlike TRD

well known he was an amazing footballer but like you guys say, he hit the drink and became an a$$

The guy was amazing, he possed everything.. The skill on the ball, goal scoring, tackling, heading, he had all the attributes. Players like him only come along every so often. For Pele to say he was the greatest footballer ever is saying something.

Its such a shame that his personal life was a mess, if you put that aside and look at him for what he was, the greatest footballer ever...