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Justin Fashanu: Gay footballer's life to be TV drama

Related Topics: Justin Fashanu, John Fashanu

A new drama is to explore the life of Justin Fashanu, the first top-flight professional footballer to come out as gay. BBC News looks at what the ITV series may bring to light, two decades after his untimely death.

Who was Justin Fashanu?

Justin Fashanu, in an undated photo from the 1990sJustin Fashanu, in an undated photo from the 1990s
Fashanu, in an undated photo from the 1990s, was wanted by police in the US at the time of his death

Born in Hackney, east London, in 1961, Justin Fashanu and his younger brother, John, grew up with white foster parents near Attleborough in Norfolk.