Finding Jack Charlton: “Seeing him with dementia was very difficult, but it didn’t define him as a person”

Jack Charlton
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Eleven men lined up for England in the 1966 World Cup final - five have since suffered with dementia. A moving new film documents the final years of Jack Charlton, as well as the joy of his time in charge of the Republic of Ireland.

Finding Jack Charlton is released next week, directed by Gabriel Clarke and Pete Thomas, with assistance from executive producer Andy Townsend. It was due for release ahead of Euro 2020, only for the coronavirus pandemic to force the tournament’s postponement. In July, Charlton passed away at the age of 85, having battled lymphoma and dementia.

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Chris Flanagan
Senior Staff Writer

Chris joined FourFourTwo in 2015 and has reported from 20 countries, in places as varied as Jerusalem and the Arctic Circle. He's interviewed Pele, Zlatan and Santa Claus (it's a long story), as well as covering the World Cup, Euro 2020 and the Clasico. He previously spent 10 years as a newspaper journalist, and completed the 92 in 2017.