David Gold: West Ham co-chairman dies following short illness

West Ham co-chairman David Gold has died astatine the property of 86 pursuing a abbreviated illness.

Gold, antecedently the president and co-owner of Birmingham City, became joint-chairman astatine West Ham with David Sullivan successful 2010.

"I americium highly bittersweet to perceive this news," said manager David Moyes.

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