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Mar 24, 2016 · Netherlands footballing great Johan Cruyff has died of cancer aged 68. Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, was European footballer of the year three times.
—Cruyff in a documentary on TV3 channel (2015). Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruyff was born on 25 April 1947 in the Burgerziekenhuis Hospital in Amsterdam. He grew up on a street five minutes away from Ajax's stadium, his first football club. Johan was the second son of Hermanus Cornelis Cruijff (1913–1959) and Petronella Bernarda Draaijer (1917–2007), from a humble, working-class background in east Amsterdam. Cruyff, encouraged by his influential football-loving father and his close ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Gerard Meagher. Thu 24 Mar 2016 11.59 EDT. 681. The Holland football legend Johan Cruyff has died of cancer at the age of 68. The Dutchman, who on three occasions was voted the world player...
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Mar 24, 2016 · The cause was cancer, Cruyff’s family said in a statement on his website. Cruyff, a heavy smoker until he had heart problems in the 1990s, revealed in October that he had lung cancer.
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Mar 24, 2016 · Article body. Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68. Cruyff, an innovative and stylish player and coach with Ajax and Barcelona, had been diagnosed with cancer in October. Full obituary.
Mar 24, 2016 · Manus’ death, when his second son was 12, was the defining trauma of Cruyff’s life. Afterwards Cruyff’s mother earned money cleaning Ajax’s changing rooms.
Mar 24, 2016 · Johan Cruyff, a soccer star who brought a smile to the face of anyone who watched him play, died Thursday, aged 68. Family spokeswoman Carole Thate told The Associated Press that Cruyff died in Barcelona after a five-month battle with lung cancer.
