 Lawton 's health deteriorated in his old age and he died in November 1996 , aged 77 , as a result of pneumonia . His ashes were donated to the National Football Museum . He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 . 
 Lawton <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>health deteriorated in his old age and he died in November 1996 , aged 77 , as a result of pneumonia . His ashes <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> donated to the National Football Museum . He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 . 
Lawton  health deteriorated in his old age and he died in November 1996 , aged 77 , as a result of pneumonia . His ashes was donated to the National Football Museum . He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 .