The former Match of the Day presenter had been suffering from Alzheimer’s since 2008.
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"It is with great sadness that Bryony Hill and the children of Jimmy Hill have announced that Jimmy passed away peacefully today aged 87 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease," his agent Jane Morgan said in a statement. "Bryony was beside him."
Hill became a widely celebrated figure in British football after a career on the pitch and on television screens that spanned four decades.
As presenter of Match of the Day, Hill made over 600 appearances on the BBC's flagship football programme, the broadcaster said.
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