R.I.P. Anne Williams

Before Liverpool host Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League at 4pm Sunday April 21st there will be a minute of applause (British football has replaced the minute of silence with this). One reason will be to join many others around the world in recognizing the horrific events in Boston this week; the other will be to remember Anne Williams. Boston based John Henry was in Liverpool Monday to attend the 24th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. As the owner of both Liverpool FC and baseball’s Boston Red Sox he was divided between attending a home game on Patriots Day in Massachusetts or attending a memorial service. This year he chose to be in Liverpool! He may choose so again but it was the last service for Anne Williams, a leading crusader in Justice for the 96. She passed away 3 days later from bowel cancer.