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BREAKING NEWS: Former Manchester United goalkeeper and 'Hero of Munich' air disaster Harry Gregg dies, aged 87

Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87.

Gregg was one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster in 1958 which claimed the lives of 23 people, and was heralded for his role in rescuing other passengers that day, including a young baby and team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton, Dennis Viollet and Jackie Blanchflower.

He also helped Vera Lukic, the wife of a Yugoslavian diplomat who was pregnant at the time, and her daughter.

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87

He had only moved to United two months previously, joining the club in December 1957 for £23,500 - what was then a world-record fee for a goalkeeper.