{"id":16142,"date":"2023-10-21T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2023-10-21T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:15:55","slug":"manchester-united-legend-bobby-charlton-dies-aged-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=16142","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton  dies aged 86."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United are in mourning following the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/inbound647979413637242593.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16143\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/inbound647979413637242593.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=16143\" class=\"wp-image-16143\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his retirement, he went on to serve the club with distinction as a director for 39 years. His unparalleled record of achievement, character and service will be forever etched in the history of Manchester United and English football; and his legacy will live on through the life-changing work of the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club\u2019s heartfelt sympathies are with his wife Lady Norma, his daughters and grandchildren, and all who loved him.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are in mourning following the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club. Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world. He was admired as much for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16144,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16142\/revisions\/16144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}