The much-loved chat-show host has died on the age of 88, with widespread tributes being paid to the Yorkshireman, together with one from ex-Reds star Alex Stepney, who mentioned: “I loved a number of laughs with him over time, [a] pretty man and a grasp of his craft.”
Sir Michael was additionally an important good friend of Stepney’s former team-mate George Finest, after first assembly the Northern Irishman when he arrived in England as a young person. The United icon was a visitor on Parkinson’s TV present and he wrote a e-book on the footballing genius.
“I met George when he was 16, when he first got here to Manchester and I knew him till the day he died,” he mentioned. “And I can not be even-minded about George. I imply, he was the best soccer participant I ever noticed. He was additionally an excellent good friend.
“An excellent good friend, a loyal good friend, and I liked him. Easy as that.”
