Very sad news, without a doubt the best goalkeeper from my era, definitely the best English one.
I saw one of, if not his last, game for Stoke, in Adelaide, Australia 1973.
After he tragically lost sight of one eye following a car crash the day after Liverpool v Stoke in 1972-73, he tried to make a comeback on Stoke's tour of Oz in 1973. Alas, being blind in one eye, it was a bridge too far and he had to quit football (though did play in the States a few years later) following the tour ending.
Had the privilege to meet Mr Banks at Malta airport returning from my honeymoon in 1986.
Absolute gentleman and goalkeeping LEGEND. RIP Gordon.