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Leicester mourn ‘legend’ Vichai

Khun Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, son of Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Jamie Vardy and Kasper Schmeichel look at tributes left for Vichai and four other people who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground after the match on Saturday, in Leicester, Britain, October 29, 2018. REUTERS

Jamie Vardy, a hero of Leicester’s remarkable Premier League title triumph two years ago, led tributes to the club’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed shortly after take-off just outside the team’s stadium.

Thai billionaire Vichai, 60, was one of five people killed in Saturday’s crash, and is credited with leading Leicester’s meteoric rise from English football’s second tier when he took over in 2010 to champions for the first time.

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