Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66
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Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66

Hindustan Times  

Willie Thorne, a former snooker player who was one of Britain’s most distinctive sportsmen in the 1980s because of his bald head, died Wednesday. “It’s so sad to hear he has passed away and our thoughts are with his family.” Thorne reached two quarterfinals in the world championship, but won just one ranking title in his career despite being one of the best break-builders in snooker. One of his closest friends, former England soccer captain Gary Lineker, described Thorne as “one of life’s great characters. “A marvellous snooker player and a lovely man, who’s potted his final black much too soon,” Lineker wrote on Twitter.

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