He had been suffering ill health for some time, but in typical Foulkes fashion he battled to overcome several setbacks but even he had to cede to the passage of time on the morning of Monday 25 November 2013. By a strange twist of coincidence, his passing came on the eighth anniversary of the day we bade farewell to another giant from the club's past - George Best, a former team-mate of Bill.
Bill was born on Tuesday 5 January 1932, in the town of St Helens, 25 miles from Old Trafford. He played local football, whilst working at a colliery close to his home, before joining United in 1950.