EVERTON FC’s late chairman Bill Kenwright left £36million to his loved ones and charities, probate documents reveal.
The impresario’s estate was placed in a trust for his family including actress partner Jenny Seagrove, daughter Lucy and his grandchildren.
His will states trustees must ensure some cash goes to charity Everton In The Community, which helps those in the area improve their lives and health.
Money should also be donated to Mane Chance Sanctuary, which rescues and rehabilitates abused and abandoned horses.
Bill first found fame as an actor, appearing in Coronation Street in 1968, but made his fortune as a West End and Broadway producer.
The former actor played Gordon Clegg in the soap.
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A lifelong Everton fan, he bought into the club in 1999.
Theatres across the country were lit up in the club’s blue as a tribute after his death at 78 in 2023 following liver cancer surgery.
His will was drawn up two months earlier, with his estate valued at £36,136,215.
Bill’s £4.5million home in Beaconsfield, Bucks, was left to Jenny, 68.
Following his death, Everton FC issued a statement saying: “Everton’s longest serving chairman for more than a century, Bill Kenwright led the Club through a period of unprecedented change in English football.
“The club has lost a chairman, a leader, a friend, and an inspiration. The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Everton are with his partner Jenny Seagrove, his daughter Lucy Kenwright, grandchildren and everybody who knew and loved him.”
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