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==Life after football==
After giving up football, West worked in security at [[RAF Woodvale]]<ref name="Evertonprofile" /> and became an after dinner speaker. Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper [[Neville Southall]] campaigned for West to be rewarded with a testimonial game by Everton for his eleven years of service.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} West lived in [[Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside]]. On 10 June 2012, West died<ref name="Death">{{cite web | url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2012/06/10/gordon-west-passes-away | title=Gordon West | access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref> of cancer in hospital
His funeral was attended by [[Martin Buchan]], [[Colin Harvey]], [[Dave Hickson]], [[John Hurst (footballer)|John Hurst]], [[Cliff Marshall]], [[Peter Reid]], [[George Telfer]], [[Derek Temple]], [[Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1944)|Tommy Wright]] and former player and manager [[Joe Royle]], along with former chairman [[Philip Carter|Sir Philip Carter]], who paid tribute at the service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfpf.org/2012/06/gordon-west-r-i-p/|title=Gordon West Funeral|website=www.evertonfpf.org}}</ref>
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