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Gary Speed: Unspoken: The Family's Untold Story
Written by John Richardson
Narrated by Andy Cresswell and Louise Williams
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GARY SPEED'S tragic death on November 27th 2011, rocked the football world. Aged just 42, he was found hanged in the garage of his home. As a long-standing legend of the game and manager of Wales, he appeared to have everything to live for.
Now, as he would have approached his 50th birthday, family and friends come together to speak honestly and emotionally about the man they knew and loved. Wife Louise opens her heart for the first time and talks in depth about her life with Gary and her own personal journey since his death. Mum Carol and dad Roger recall their beloved son. And a multitude of famous names from the game remember their friend and speak emotionally about how the tragedy has touched their own lives.
Author John Richardson was a close friend of the man he knew as ‘Speedo,' and was entrusted to write his autobiography. Gary completed two chapters of his life story before putting the project on hold because he thought he had not achieved enough in the game to merit a book. For the first time, these revealing chapters are published in the original form they were written, with insights from Richardson on the personal story that would remain so sadly untold.
This is a unique celebration of one of the football heroes of our generation. It's a tribute to a role model, leader and a much-loved husband, father and son, gone too soon.
Now, as he would have approached his 50th birthday, family and friends come together to speak honestly and emotionally about the man they knew and loved. Wife Louise opens her heart for the first time and talks in depth about her life with Gary and her own personal journey since his death. Mum Carol and dad Roger recall their beloved son. And a multitude of famous names from the game remember their friend and speak emotionally about how the tragedy has touched their own lives.
Author John Richardson was a close friend of the man he knew as ‘Speedo,' and was entrusted to write his autobiography. Gary completed two chapters of his life story before putting the project on hold because he thought he had not achieved enough in the game to merit a book. For the first time, these revealing chapters are published in the original form they were written, with insights from Richardson on the personal story that would remain so sadly untold.
This is a unique celebration of one of the football heroes of our generation. It's a tribute to a role model, leader and a much-loved husband, father and son, gone too soon.
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