Editing Bill Kenwright (section)

===Death===
Everton provided a short update on Kenwright's health on 12 October 2023 saying in a statement: "Following a diagnosis at the beginning of August, Mr Kenwright underwent a major medical procedure six weeks ago to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver. The procedure was completely successful, but complications during surgery necessitated a prolonged period in an intensive care unit." Everton further went on to say: "his recovery which is expected to be lengthy, but complete."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CyTt8dgoOze/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> Kenwright died of [[liver cancer]] on 23 October 2023, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Statement |url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/3751104 |website=Everton FC |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=24 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Kenwright: Everton chairman and theatre director dies aged 78 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67203234 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=24 October 2023}}</ref>

Following publication of his obituary in ''The Guardian'', one reader posted the following anecdote underneath:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/oct/24/bill-wright-obituary | title=Bill Kenwright obituary | publisher=theguardian.com | date=24 October 2023 | accessdate=31 October 2023}}</ref> "I haven't met Bill Kenwright since we were in the [[National Youth Theatre]] together in about 1963. His broad Merseyside accent caused such amusement that my vivid memory during our production of ''Richard III'' at the long-gone [[Scala Theatre]], was of the cast waiting for his line as Third Messenger, either over the intercom or our crowding into the wings to catch it. Hard to do phonetic justice in print to his flat-vowelled news that 'By sudd'n fludds, Buckin-gum's ahhmee is dispehhhrsed 'n' scatta'd'."

On 26 October 2023, theatres across the UK dimmed their lights for two minutes to mark Kenwright's death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatres-across-the-uk-to-dim-their-lights-and-pay-tribute-to-bill-kenwright_1540415//|title=Theatres across the UK to dim their lights and pay tribute to Bill Kenwright|last=Wood|first=Alex|date=25 October 2023|work=[[WhatsOnStage.com]]|accessdate=6 October 2024}}</ref>