Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - daily news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailSnooker legend Willie Thorne has been placed in an induced coma after suffering respiratory failure. Thorne was admitted to hospital last week following a drop in his blood pressure to dangerously low levels, reports The Sun. (Image: PA)He was back in Torrevieja Hospital, Spain, in May for a range of tests, and since then has battled with gout and a water infection. Just last week Thorne responded to a tribute from Ronnie O'Sullivan, who sported a moustache in a nod to him during the Championship League. "Willie sent me a message back loud and clear from the intensive care unit in Torrevieja hospital to say: 'Thanks Ronnie – I love you,'" Roe said.

Source: Daily Mirror June 16, 2020 13:15 UTC