Talk:Les Cocker (footballer, born 1939)

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Death reported

The death of Les Cocker has been reported in the Shropshire Star of Saturday 18 March 2017. The report did not pinpoint his actual death date and mentioned "The funeral of 77-year-old Mr Cocker, of Newport [Shropshire], was held earlier this month" (location of funeral unspecified). I am adding detail from the report to this article.Cloptonson (talk) 22:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the death year in the intro line and infobox, and changed his category from Living People to 2017 Deaths.Cloptonson (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]