Everton chairman Bill Kenwright was everything 'a human should be and more', Margaret Aspinall says.
Bill Kenwright was joined by Margaret Aspinall for the unveiling of a plaque at Everton's ground in 2015
Bill Kenwright was "generous in every aspect" and everything "a human being should be", Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall has said., became close friends with Mrs Aspinall in the aftermath of the 1989 disaster, nicknaming her "Magnificent Margaret" for her campaigning work."He was so generous in every aspect, I adored the man," she added.
"When you think of what you believe a human being should be, Bill was that and... so much more," she said."He's going to be so missed. Nobody can follow Bill.""What he did to help the Hillsborough families, but also so many others, he kept quiet," she said.
She said Kenwright, who her family knew as "Uncle Bill", donated £200,000 to their campaign to get treatment for her son abroad."He was an amazing gentleman, who went above and beyond to help me and my family after Bradley went with the angels."I will never forget what he did for us."This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies.
"The things that no one else sees actually being on the phone for half an hour, just chatting about football and about health issues and things.
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