Everton's most successful manager Howard Kendall, who led the club to two league titles, died on Saturday aged 69.
"It is with great sadness that Everton Football Club has learned of the passing of Howard Kendall," Everton said in a statement on their website.
"The most successful manager in the history of the Club and one of the greatest players to pull on the Everton jersey. He passed away in hospital in Southport this morning at the age of 69, surrounded by loved ones."
Kendall began his playing career as a defender at Preston North End in 1963 before he moved to Everton four years later.
Having been converted into a midfielder, he went on to win the top-flight First Division title in 1970 with his first managerial post coming at Blackburn Rovers in 1979.
He managed Everton in three spells beginning from 1981 to 1987, when he won two league titles, an FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup.
He returned to Everton twice more from 1990-93 and from 1997-98.
