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    4 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

    I stood at my window at 8pm ,clapping away for the NHS and emergency workers, but I couldn't see any of my neighbours doing the same .I felt a bit silly to be honest ! I   still feel good that I did it though. I'm not normally the sort of person that does that sort of thing, but since my niece is an NHS worker, and my sister works in     a shop dealing with a lot of grumpy customers I thought I had a duty to do it! 

    One other family on my street did it (maybe more further along) but two separate people walking home from work joined in presumably getting a time reminder on their phone.

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    3 hours ago, MarcJWallace said:

    Gregorio Benito Rubio, known as "Goyo Benito", a decorated central defender who spent the majority of his career with Real Madrid has died aged 73.

    Goyo played more than 400 times for Real, scoring twice between 1966 and 1982 with a 2 year loan spell at Rayo Vallecano in the first two years in which he made 43 scoreless appearances.

    In his time with Real he won La Liga and the Spanish Cup six times each and was also part of the 1981 Real Madrid side who lost the European Cup final to Liverpool in Paris.

    He was also one of only two players, the other being José Martinez Sanchez "Pirri" to be personally bestowed with the Laureada by Santiago Bernabeu himself for his contributions to the club.

    https://sportsfinding.com/goyo-benito-dies-fierce-banner-of-real-madrid/28110/

    Wiki has him down as a Covid-19 death.

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    1 hour ago, BuffaloPhil said:

     

    He died with coronavirus, not of coronavirus. Subtle but important distinction. Would have been a contributory factor but his heart failure would have been significantly more of one.

    Depends, His heart failure probably would have been fatal sooner rather than later but it might not have killed him for weeks or months without the virus 

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    17 minutes ago, MarcJWallace said:

    Gregorio Benito Rubio, known as "Goyo Benito", a decorated central defender who spent the majority of his career with Real Madrid has died aged 73.

    Goyo played more than 400 times for Real, scoring twice between 1966 and 1982 with a 2 year loan spell at Rayo Vallecano in the first two years in which he made 43 scoreless appearances.

    In his time with Real he won La Liga and the Spanish Cup six times each and was also part of the 1981 Real Madrid side who lost the European Cup final to Liverpool in Paris.

    He was also one of only two players, the other being José Martinez Sanchez "Pirri" to be personally bestowed with the Laureada by Santiago Bernabeu himself for his contributions to the club.

    https://sportsfinding.com/goyo-benito-dies-fierce-banner-of-real-madrid/28110/

    Another footballer dying in their early 70’s from dementia, 

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