Fitting memorial to a football legend
We should of course remember him for his wonderful skills and exploits on the football field.
He was simply unique and his place in football history is secured.
That is beyond question.
How and where his sporting memory will be appropriately commemorated is a decision for wiser heads than mine.
We should, however, also remember him for the fact that he had an organ donor card and donated his organs to others, a wonderful and selfless gesture on his behalf.
As a beneficiary of a similar gesture I appreciate only too well what this has meant to me and what it will mean to many others currently on waiting lists for organ transplants.
Would it not be a magnificent testament to George Best if all those who mourn him were to emulate his example and sign up for donor cards in his memory.
Could I respectfully suggest to his grieving family that they use the occasion of his funeral to launch a George Best Donor Card Appeal.
He has now gone to his final reward, but even in death he can - and I believe would wish to - help give life to others.
The Forget Me Not flower is a symbol of one organ donor group.
Wouldn’t this be a particularly appropriate way to honour the memory of this great human being?
Liam McCleary
Tirkeenan
Monaghan
