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A tribute to George Best, the Belfast Boy

The Fifth Beatle, although I will always refer to him as The Belfast Boy, would have celebrated his 75th birthday today, 22 May 2021, had he not sadly passed away on 25 November 2005.

I truly idolised Georgie Best, I still do, and I can never thank him enough for helping me through the dark days of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by helping to distract my young mind from the many shootings and bombings that were taking place all around me on a daily basis and the senseless loss of more than 3,500 lives that occurred during this dark period.