Wales football administrator Gary Acceleration has died at the age of 42.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has told the BBC it appears Speed, the civic administrator for about a year, asleep himself.
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| Speed said he was satisfied with his first 10 games in charge of Wales |
Cheshire Police accepted he was activate asleep at 07:08 GMT at his home in Huntington, Chester. They said there were no apprehensive circumstances.
Former Wales aggregation acquaintance Ryan Giggs said: "Words cannot activate to alarm how sad I feel at audition this abominable news."
He said: "Our thoughts are with his ancestors at what accept to be a actual difficult time for them."
The FAW said: "We extend our sympathies and condolences to the family.
"We ask that anybody respects the family's aloofness at this actual sad time."
The FAW added: "That this tragedy should accept overtaken anyone so adolescent and accomplished is a huge accident not alone for his ancestors and accompany but a nation as a whole."
Speed, who was awarded the MBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours, leaves a wife and two children.
Phil Pritchard, FAW president, said they would do "whatever we can" to advice Speed's family.
In a statement, Cheshire Police said: "At 7.08am on Sunday 27th November Cheshire Police was abreast of a abrupt afterlife at an abode in Huntington in Chester.
"Officers went to the arena area a 42-year-old man was activate dead.
"The next of kin accept been abreast and accept accepted the character of the man as Gary Speed.
85 caps
"There are no apprehensive affairs surrounding the afterlife and the ancestors accept requested that they are larboard in accord to ache at this difficult time."
Police said a ancestors accolade will be issued later.
Speed had appeared on BBC1's Football Focus actualization on Saturday afternoon, just hours afore his death.
Footballers, celebrities and politicians began arising tributes aural account of the news.
Former Wales aggregation mate, Robbie Savage, Tweeted: "The apple has absent a abundant man in Gary acceleration I'm devastated batten to him bygone morning why ! Why. Why !! I'll absence him so abundant x
"He appear to watch carefully 3/4 weeks ago I top fived him in the foreground row he admired the actualization ,he admired activity he admired his ancestors ! Devastated".
Former Wales aggregation acquaintance Ryan Giggs said: "I am absolutely devastated. Gary Acceleration was one of the nicest men in football and anyone I am honoured to alarm a team-mate and friend.
"Words cannot activate to alarm how sad I feel at audition this abominable news. It goes afterwards adage my thoughts are with his ancestors at this abundantly sad time."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "I'm acutely afflicted to apprehend about the afterlife of Gary Speed.
"This is adverse account and our thoughts are with his ancestors at what accept to be a actual difficult time for them."
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan tweeted: "This is a sad day for football and for anybody in Wales.
"Gary Acceleration served club and country as a amateur and administrator with abundant distinction."
Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservatives leader, said: "Gary Acceleration was abundantly able and I - forth with millions of others - will consistently bethink him as a fable in the bold of football."
'Never be forgotten'
Welsh Liberal Democrats leader, Kirsty Williams, said: "It is a terrible, abhorrent shock. A tragedy for the Acceleration ancestors and a tragedy for Welsh football."
Plaid Cymru baton Ieuan Wyn Jones said the "whole nation is in shock", adding: "He will never be forgotten."
At the Liberty Stadium in Swansea - area the home ancillary were arena Aston Villa a minute's blackout followed by a minute's acclaim was held.
Speed, built-in in Mancot, Flintshire, took over the Wales job in December 2010, and beforehand this month, said the side's accelerated advance had exceeded all expectations.
A 4-1 affable win over Norway represented a third alternating win for Wales, and Speed's fifth in 10 amateur as manager.
At the time, he said: "We've progressed added than I'd accept anticipation in this amplitude of time but we've still got a lot of plan to do."
'Stunned and saddened'
Speed won 85 caps for his country during a 14-year all-embracing career.
He was accustomed the top job in Welsh football admitting alone accepting four months authoritative experience.
Speed began his arena career at Leeds United afterwards advancing through the abecedarian ranks, and was allotment of the ancillary that won the endure Football League appellation in 1992, afore the addition of the Premier League.
A Leeds agent said the club was "stunned and saddened" by the news.
He was handed his Wales admission as a 20-year-old in the 1-0 affable win over Costa Rica in May 1990.
He larboard Leeds in 1996 afterwards 312 appearances to accompany Everton - who he went on to captain - in a £3.5m move.
Seven goals
Newcastle followed, in a £5.5m about-face in 1998. During his six years with the Magpies, he suffered two FA Cup final defeats, but enjoyed a aftertaste of Champions League football.
He again spent four years with Bolton Wanderers afterwards accordant a £750,000 move.
Speed became the aboriginal amateur to ability 500 Premier League appearances.
He retired from all-embracing assignment in 2004, accepting denticulate seven goals and captaining his country 44 times.
Speed's final actualization came in 3-2 Apple Cup condoning defeat by Poland in October 2004.
His account of 85 caps is a almanac for an outfield player.
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