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 died aged 66 after a short battle with leukaemia. (Image: Getty Images)Despite being placed on a ventilator, he sadly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A message on his GoFundMe page read: "It is with a very heavy and broken heart that I have to officially announce that at 1.55am this morning Willie Thorne lost his battle and passed away! "He passed away very peacefully and without pain listening to his children saying they love him that gives me some comfort in this difficult time. "It disappoints me some what that people were tweeting he has passed away when he was still holding on and with us!

Source: Daily Mirror June 17, 2020 07:33 UTC