David Gold, the joint-chairman of West Ham United, has died at the age of 86, the Premier League club have announced.
“It is with deep sadness that West Ham United FC confirm that joint-chairman David Gold passed away peacefully this morning following a short illness,” said a club statement on Twitter.
“On behalf of everyone at the football club, it is with profound sorrow and a heavy heart that we mourn the passing of our colleague and friend, David Gold,” wrote Gold’s co-chairman at the club, David Sullivan.
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