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Former Aberdeen and Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood dies, aged 69
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FORMER Aberdeen and Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood has died at the age of 69.

Calderwood, who retired after a very brief spell at Dutch club De Graafschap in 2014, was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2017.

Calderwood made his name with the Pars, whom he led to their highest-ever position of fourth in the Scottish Premier League in 2004, as well as the Scottish Cup final.

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