Canal+ rugby events, including the World Cup and the Six Nations Championship. Robinson also did voice-over work on television adverts as well as feature films, voicing the ugly sister in the dubbed Spanish versions of the Shrek films by DreamWorks Animation. Illness and death On 17 December 2018, while taking part in La Ventana, a radio programme on Cadena SER, Robinson announced that he had a malignant melanoma which had been found at an advanced stage and had metastasized. Doctors had told him it 'had no cure'. He died on 28 April 2020 of cancer at his home in Madrid at the age of 61, being survived by his wife Christine (née Sharrock) and children Liam, who worked in television production in Madrid, and Aimée, who worked in public relations in Australia. Among the tributes was one from Rafael Nadal: "We woke up with the sad news of the death of one of our own. You were the one who always made us happy about sport. We are grateful to you." Honours and awards Player Liverpool Football League First Division: 1983–84 League Cup: 1983–84 European Cup: 1983–84 Other awards Premios Ondas: 2009 – Informe Robinson (Best Current affairs programme) Adopted son of Cádiz (2019) Works See also List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland References External links Statistics Television programmes El día después; at Canal Plus Informe Robinson; at Canal Plus Personal Official blog 1958 births 2020 deaths English people of Irish descent English footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Footballers from Leicester Association football forwards English Football League players Preston North End F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players La Liga players CA Osasuna players Republic of Ireland international footballers English expatriate footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in Spain Irish expatriate sportspeople in Spain FA Cup Final players English television presenters Spanish television presenters Spanish television personalities English association football commentators Spanish association football commentators