He was awarded an honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Association Football.
He received a letter with a death threat in February 2004.
On October 13th 2001 - during a Premiership match between Liverpool FC
and Leeds United - he was rushed to Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool to
undergo an 11 hour life-saving heart operation following a
heart-attack.
On May 24th 2004 he was fired from his job as manager of Liverpool FC.