Known widely in the game has passed away at 75 following a long battle with cancer. Club officials at Anfield confirmed the news early on, and tributes began appearing online from fans and managers across the game. He started his career there during the club's rise before moving to Newcastle United as a player. several outlets and many websites ran the obituary. Fellow pros and rivals left swift tributes across platforms to a former manager who defined two of England's loudest dressing rooms. In Europe, he won the Ballon d'Or two separate times as a player, a feat tied by few among Englishmen. Later, he nearly took Newcastle to the top flight during the 1990s, a period hailed in retrospectives for its chaos. Off the pitch, his story continued to grow through commentary.