former England manager Sven Grant Ericson died on Monday at the age of 76 his Representatives confirmed to CNN Sven Grant Ericson has passed away after a long illness she died during the morning at home surrounded by Family a statement read in January 2024 Ericson revealed that he had terminal cancer and had about a year to live prompting an outpouring of support from former colleagues and wellwishers around the world CNN previously had learned from a source close to Ericson that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer everyone can see that I have a disease that's not good and everyone supposes that it's cancer and it is but I have to fight it as long as possible Ericson told Swedish radio station P1 per Reuters Ericson is survived by his two children Yan and Lena who he shares with his ex-wife and Christine Peterson and his partner yanisa Del Carman Bravo Mendoza Yan and Lena paid their respects to their father in a statement released after his death dad told us at the beginning of this year about his serious illness and received an amazing response from friends and football fans around Europe he was invited to several football teams in England Italy Portugal and Sweden they wrote they shared their love for football and for Dad it was Unforgettable for both him and us he expressed his appreciation and joy and stated that such beautiful words are usually only uttered when someone has died we have shared his gratitude and got to experience the wonderful meetings between him football and all his friends we thank everyone for these positive memories and your support during his illness we hope that you will remember B Venice as the good and positive person he always was both in public and at home with us