- By Ewan Gawne & Monica Rimmer & PA Media
- BBC News
Bill Kenwright died earlier this yr after an extended battle with sickness
Hundreds of individuals from the worlds of soccer, theatre and movie have attended a memorial service to recollect the lifetime of Bill Kenwright.
Coleen Rooney, Tony Bellew and Kate McCann have been amongst these on the service at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral.
Kenwright donated cash to help the McCanns in the aftermath of their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.
Kate McCann was pictured coming into the service sporting an Everton scarf
Coleen Rooney, the spouse of soccer star Wayne Rooney, was seen coming into the service at Liverpool cathedral dressed in black.
Rooney, at present supervisor of Birmingham City, was handed his first-team debut in August 2002 by then supervisor David Moyes.
Boxing star Bellew, who got here second in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here earlier this month, arrived with former Everton participant Tony Hibbert, who made 265 appearances for the membership.
Tony Hibbert and Tony Bellew arrive for the ceremony at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral
Victor Anichebe and Joleon Lescott, each former Everton gamers, went to the service
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was additionally in attendance on the service, in addition to former Everton supervisor Frank Lampard and a variety of gamers together with membership captain Seamus Coleman.
Mr Burnham was amongst these providing tributes to Kenwright after his demise, praising him for his response to the Hillsborough catastrophe, the place 97 Liverpool followers have been killed attributable to a crush at a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham praised Kenwright’s caring nature
Much of Everton’s first workforce gamers attended the memorial, together with present supervisor Sean Dyche
He mentioned: “I noticed the care he had for the Hillsborough households once they have been going by means of the whole lot that they went by means of.
“That was Bill Kenwright.
“Before people think about anything else, that was him, that was the man, just somebody of warmth, of generosity.”
Coleen Rooney was among the many celebrities on the service
Kenwright produced greater than 500 West End, Broadway, UK touring and worldwide theatre productions, movies and music albums over the course of his profession.
He labored with Sir Tim Rice and Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and produced the hit West End present Blood Brothers.
He had been on the board at Everton since 1989, taking up as chairman at Goodison Park in 2004.
Ex-player Tim Cahill scored 56 objectives throughout his time at Everton
