{"id":703248,"date":"2026-07-21T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703248\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:18:11","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-grief-amid-bond-with-one-direction-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703248\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson grief amid bond with One Direction star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter put out a tribute on social media following the death of former England footballer and manager Kevin Keegan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The family of the ex Newcastle and Manchester City boss announced his death yesterday (Monday, July 20) following which there have been a number of messages from around the football world.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26291638.cotswolds-car-company-announces-liquidation-amid-111-000-debts\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cotswolds car company announces liquidation amid \u00a3111,000 debts<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Kevin Keegan (Image: Chris Radburn\/PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Former England and Newcastle captain Alan Shearer wrote: \u201cMy Hero. My manager. My friend. Sleep easy Boss.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The family of Terry McDermott, who played alongside Mr Keegan at Liverpool and later worked as his assistant manager, released a statement saying they were \u201cheartbroken\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Oh no. Diana Rigg and now Kevin Keegan gone. The only two well known Doncastrians left are Louis Tomlinson and me. Mexborough doesn\u2019t count Blessed.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeremyClarkson\/status\/2079279585623974169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 20, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cKevin was so much more than a team-mate,\u201d the statement said. \u201cHe was a lifelong friend whose warmth, loyalty, humour and passion for football touched so many lives&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It added: &#8220;The memories they shared, both on and off the pitch, will be treasured forever.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, Mr Clarkson has taken to social media to publish a message about the loss, acknowledging his shared birthplace with Mr Keegan and One Direction star Louis Tomlinson.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Louis Tomlinson (Image: Ian West\/PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26292828.jeremy-clarkson-life-changing-revelation-amid-health-problems\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeremy Clarkson has life-changing revelation amid health problems<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Oh no. Diana Rigg and now Kevin Keegan gone. The only two well known Doncastrians left are Louis Tomlinson and me. Mexborough doesn\u2019t count Blessed.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The final reference is to 89-year-old actor Brian Blessed, who was born in Mexborough, which is in the City of Doncaster.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, according to Mr Clarkson that doesn&#8217;t count, and only he and Mr Tomlinson remain as &#8220;well known Doncastrians&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter put out a tribute on social media following the death&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-703248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}