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"Gary Lineker has left Twitter &amp;quot;for personal reasons&amp;quot;. The Match of the Day host has not explained further why he has chosen to stop using the social networking site.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m leaving twitter for personal reasons. Thanks all,&amp;quot; he wrote this evening (January 18). The former footballer had been a frequent user of the site, having tweeted 8,057 times prior to his departure.  [Gary Lineker with wife Danielle] His Twitter exploits have included a clash with Joey Barton and being advised by Lethal Bizzle on his use of the word &amp;quot;sick&amp;quot;. He has also been subjected to abuse in relation to his son George&amp;#039;s battle with cancer.  This week, Lineker has been filming an episode for TV show Who Do You Think You Are?. View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - Photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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