Legendary snooker player Willie Thorne was originally taken to hospital last week with dangerously low blood pressure, before being placed in a coma at a Spanish hospital prior to his passing.
Gary Lineker tweeted to his 7.5 million followers: “Deeply, deeply saddened to hear that my friend Willie Thorne has passed away."One of life’s great characters.
A marvellous snooker player and a lovely man, who’s potted his final black much too soon. RIP Willie.”The snooker player was diagnosed with cancer in March A Go Fund Me page was set up by his friend Julie O’Neill and golfer Mark Roe in April to help Willie pay for care at home and cover his bills for food and rent after being declared bankrupt in 2015.His recent ailing health and the.