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==Personal life== Charlton married Pat Kemp on 6 January 1958, and his brother Bobby acted as his best man.<ref name="page 46"/> They had three children: John (born in January 1959), Deborah (born 1961) and Peter, who was born just after Charlton senior played in the 1966 World Cup final. During the 1960s, he ran two clothes shops in [[Leeds]], and he later operated the club shop at [[Elland Road]].<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=10}}</ref> Charlton was a keen amateur [[fishing|fisherman]] and took part in [[Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom|field sports]].<ref>He also hosted a television show on the shooting sports in the early 1980s titled "Jack's Game". {{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=187}}</ref> Politically, Charlton was a [[socialist]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Grahame L. |date=21 June 1990 |title=WORLD CUP '90 : Jack Charlton Still a Picture of Cup Success : Ireland: Standout player on England's 1966 champions has coached the Irish into contention. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-21-sp-433-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> He was a founding supporter of the [[Anti-Nazi League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/the-england-team-are-the-best-of-us |title=The England Team Are the Best of Us |last=Lavery |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Lavery |date=12 July 2021 |website=[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]] |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> Along with his wife, he was a supporter of the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|UK miners' strike of 1984-85]], and lent two of his cars to striking miners for travelling to [[Picketing|pickets]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/arthur-scargill-pays-tribute-unswerving-jack-charlton-miners-strike-solidarity |title=Arthur Scargill pays tribute to 'unswerving' Jack Charlton for miners' strike solidarity |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=[[morningstaronline.co.uk]] |date=11 July 2020 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> He appeared on ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in 1972 and 1996, and chose to take with him ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' and ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' by [[Mark Twain]], the ''Encyclopaedia of How to Survive'', a spyglass, and a fishing rod.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Charlton, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0093n6w#p009nb5k |website=BBC |access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Charlton, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0093n6w |website=BBC |access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> Charlton was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1973 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1974 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="page 148"/> In 1996, he was awarded [[List of honorary citizens of Ireland|honorary Irish citizenship]]. The honour amounts to full Irish citizenship, the highest honour the Irish state gives and is rarely granted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/artist-made-honorary-citizen-26162428.html |title=Artist made honorary citizen |last=Anderson |first=Nicola |date=14 January 1999 |work=Irish Independent |quote=Dr Hill is just the 11th person to be awarded honorary citizenship since the foundation of the State. |access-date=10 September 2013}}</ref> In 1994, he was made a [[Freedom of the City|Freeman]] of the city of [[Dublin]], and was given an [[Honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Science]] (D.Sc.) by the [[University of Limerick]] on 9 September 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Administration/Ceremonies/Honorary_Conferrings/Honoured_by_UL |title=Honoured By UL – Ceremonies – University of Limerick |access-date=7 May 2011 |archive-date=19 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419031300/http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Administration/Ceremonies/Honorary_Conferrings/Honoured_by_UL/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jack Charlton and WHO's Michael Ryan win presidential awards |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/jack-charlton-and-who-s-michael-ryan-win-presidential-awards-1.4402656 |access-date=5 June 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> In 1997, he was appointed a [[deputy lieutenant]] of [[Northumberland]].<ref name="efmmg"/> Charlton was inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in 2005 in recognition of his contribution to the English game.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Jack Charlton |url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/jack-charlton/ |work=nationalfootballmuseum.com |access-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112123335/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/jack-charlton/ |archive-date=12 January 2014}}</ref> There is a life-size statue of him at [[Cork Airport]] in Ireland, representing him sitting in his fishing gear and displaying a [[salmon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the42.ie/irish-sports-statues-904803-May2013/ |publisher=The42 |title=10 of the best sporting statues in Ireland |date=12 May 2013 |access-date=2020-07-11}}</ref> On 4 December 2019, he was made a Freeman of the City of Leeds along with the other members of the Revie team of the 1960s and 1970s but was unable to attend the ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |title=Date set for freedom of the city ceremony for Revie-era Leeds United players |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/date-set-freedom-city-ceremony-revie-era-leeds-united-players-1326773 |access-date=31 December 2019 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He revealed in his 1996 autobiography that he had a strained relationship with his brother Bobby.<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=307}}</ref> Jack felt Bobby began to drift away from the Charlton family following his marriage to Norma, who did not get along with their mother.<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=309}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2156415,00.html |title=Sir Bobby reopens the family feud |access-date=27 August 2007 |date=27 August 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> Bobby did not see his mother after 1992 until her death on 25 March 1996 as a result of the feud,<ref>{{cite news |last=Anglesey |first=Steve |title=Mother's Day special: Football's top 10 most important mothers |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/The-mums-of-Cristiano-Ronaldo-George-Best-Ashley-Cole-Bobby-and-Jack-Charlton-Frank-Lampard-Jose-Antonio-Reyes-Theo-Walcott-and-more-Football-s-10-most-important-mothers-article351987.html |access-date=1 January 2014 |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227021718/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/The-mums-of-Cristiano-Ronaldo-George-Best-Ashley-Cole-Bobby-and-Jack-Charlton-Frank-Lampard-Jose-Antonio-Reyes-Theo-Walcott-and-more-Football-s-10-most-important-mothers-article351987.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref> though he and Norma did attend her funeral.<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=310}}</ref> Though the two brothers remained distant, Jack presented Bobby with his [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award]] on 14 December 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7775752.stm |title=Sports Personality 2008: Charlton given BBC Lifetime award |publisher=BBC |date=14 December 2008 |access-date=20 December 2008}}</ref> ===Death=== Charlton died at his home in [[Ashington]] [[Northumberland]] on 10 July 2020 at the age of 85 after suffering from [[lymphoma]] and [[dementia]].<ref name="SkyNews">{{cite news |title=England 1966 World Cup hero Jack Charlton dies at 85 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/england-1966-world-cup-hero-jack-charlton-dies-at-85-12026139 |access-date=11 July 2020|date=11 July 2020|first=Emily |last=Mee |work=Sky News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jack Charlton: 1966 England World Cup winner dies aged 85 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53373542|work=BBC Sport |date=11 July 2020 |access-date=11 July 2020 }}</ref> The following day his former club [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] won 1–0 over [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] with a last-minute winner; the goalscorer, [[Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985)|Pablo Hernández]], dedicated his goal to Charlton.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Jo|date=2020-07-13|title=Pablo Hernandez explains crazy celebration, pays tribute to Jack Charlton|url=https://www.teamtalk.com/news/hernandez-leeds-united-goal-jack-charlton-tribute|access-date=2021-07-10|website=TEAMtalk|language=en}}</ref> On 20 July, ten days after his death, Irish fans gathered at Walkinstown roundabout in Dublin to recreate the highwater mark of Ireland's success at the 1990 World Cup under Charlton and to pay their respects. "[[Put 'Em Under Pressure]]", the official song of the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]'s 1990 campaign (which features soundbites of Charlton uttering the eponymous phrase), was played at 12:30 pm synchronously with all national radio stations to remember the man who had led Ireland to their first-ever major tournament at [[UEFA Euro 1988|Euro 88]], as well as two World Cups in Italy (1990) and [[1994 FIFA World Cup|USA (1994)]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunne|first=Alex|date=2020-07-20|title=Jack Charlton: Ireland fans to celebrate life of legendary boss at Walkinstown Roundabout as World Cup winner is laid to rest|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/jack-charlton-ireland-fans-celebrate-18627643|access-date=2022-09-05|website=[[dublinlive.ie]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name = gatav/> Charlton became the 12th player from the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad to die, after [[Bobby Moore]] (1993), [[Alan Ball Jr.|Alan Ball]] (2007), [[John Connelly (footballer, born 1938)|John Connelly]] (2012), [[Ron Springett]] (2015), [[Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)|Gerry Byrne]] (2015), [[Jimmy Armfield]] (2018), [[Ray Wilson (English footballer)|Ray Wilson]] (2018), [[Gordon Banks]] (2019), [[Martin Peters]] (2019), [[Peter Bonetti]] (2020) and [[Norman Hunter (footballer)|Norman Hunter]] (2020). His brother [[Bobby Charlton]], also part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, died in 2023.
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