Bill Kenwright, British theater impresario and chairman of soccer club Everton, dies at 78

By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright has died at the age of 78. He was a British theater impresario and film producer whose 34-year association with Everton included being its majority owner and then chairman since 2004. Everton announced Kenwright’s death. The club says he died Monday surrounded by his family and loved ones. He had been battling cancer. Kenwright was a lifelong Everton fan who regularly attended the team’s games. He first joined the northwest club’s board in 1989. Before that he was one of Britain’s biggest stage impresarios. He produced shows in London’s West End and on Broadway including a hit touring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.”