Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66

Seattle Times Wednesday, 17 June 2020 ()
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. He was 66. A message on Thorne’s GoFundMe page said he died after battling leukaemia. He had been placed into an induced coma in the hospital in Spain over the weekend […]
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 The family of the famous former snooker player, Willie Thorne, have confirmed he has died, after a short battle with leukaemia. He enjoyed a 26-year career in professional snooker, winning 14 worldwide titles and reaching the UK Championship final in 1985. Thorne was nicknamed Mr Maximum, as he held...