Personal Life
Sanchez was born in London, the son of an Ecuadorian father and a Northern Irish mother. He was educated at Presentation College, a grammar school in Reading, Berkshire, and went on to take a BSc degree in management science at Loughborough University while a Reading F.C. player. He was married to Heather, who died of cancer in 1998; the couple had a son, Jack. Lawrie now lives in Swallowfield, Reading with his partner Claire and son Jack. In 2004, Sanchez became patron of a Northern Ireland-based cancer charity.
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