GARY LINEKER paid tribute to his father Barry after announcing he had passed away.
The Match of the Day host took to Twitter to announce the tragic news.
Lineker wrote: “Deeply saddened to tell you of the passing of my dad.
“A special person, a popular man & a wonderful father. Will miss him greatly. RIP Dad.”
The former England international’s father worked as a fruit and veg trader at Leicester Market.
In his column for The Express in 2013, Lineker wrote: “I had a very happy upbringing. Dad worked long hours but that provided me and my brother Wayne with a comfortable childhood.
“I think my dad is quite proud of what I’ve done with my life, and I know he enjoyed my football career.
“When I was a kid he’d take the team around in his van and he was at pretty much every game I played.”
In his column he added: “Something else I got from him is the importance of teaching your kids to respect others and that’s something I’ve passed on to my own children.
“When you become a father I think you naturally follow the pattern laid down by your parents and Dad was good fun but also relatively strict.”
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