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'RIP Ray, you'll definitely never walk alone': Players pay tribute to Liverpool legend Ray Kennedy as he dies aged 70, after a 35-year battle with Parkinson's disease

Football fans and players have paid tribute to Liverpool and England legend Ray Kennedy who has died aged 70 following a 35-year battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Tributes flooded in for the midfielder, who legendary manager Bob Paisley once described as 'one of Liverpool's greatest players and probably the most under-rated'.

Liverpool FC said the player's 'contribution to Liverpool's success in the 1970s was priceless' and said Kennedy was 'powerful and skilful, with a knack of scoring crucial goals', and 'added extra skill to a ruthless midfield quartet.'

The club said he was 'one of the greatest players to ever play for Liverpool.