World soccer mourns death of Dutch master Cruyff (Reuters)

(Corrects Dutch scorer in 1974 World Cup final to Neeskens in para 19 of story issued on March 24) AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Johan Cruyff, one of soccer's greatest players and most influential and visionary coaches, died aged 68 on Thursday after a five-month battle with lung cancer. The death of the Dutchman, whose creative genius on the pitch and inventive brilliance as a coach changed the modern game, prompted an outpouring of tributes to a figure hailed as doing more than anyone to "to make the beautiful game beautiful". In his heyday in the early 1970s, Cruyff, slender, quick-witted and outrageously gifted, helped a generation of soccer fans across the world see the game in a different light.