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10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Various twitter reports that Terry Griffiths has died. I'll try and get links in due course.

 

 

Metro obit.

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12 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Various twitter reports that Terry Griffiths has died. I'll try and get links in due course.

 

 

His son Wayne has made a couple of public posts on Facebook. 
 

edit: covered in the Metro article Thatcher linked above. 

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Three down, four to go. If they stick to that counter-clockwise pattern, should Old Meo be on the 2025 DL?

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20 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Various twitter reports that Terry Griffiths has died. I'll try and get links in due course.

 

 

 

"I'm in the funeral now, you know."

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On 05/07/2020 at 18:22, YoungWillz said:

Manuel Francisco, South African amateur Snooker and Billiards Champ, reportedly dead:

We are more familiar with his brother Silvino Francisco of course.

Death Notice for Silvino Francisco: https://www.awassfuneraldirectors.co.uk/b9fWiJ0n1-/Silvino-Francisco

 

Last picked for the DDP in 2023 @Death Impends, so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_F.html#francs

 

That team would have had a very successful 2024, had they entered!

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18 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Death Notice for Silvino Francisco: https://www.awassfuneraldirectors.co.uk/b9fWiJ0n1-/Silvino-Francisco

 

Last picked for the DDP in 2023 @Death Impends, so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_F.html#francs

 

That team would have had a very successful 2024, had they entered!

In the comments under the notice.....

 

 

 

 

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One last bit of Griff triv - he was the opponent of Cliff Thorburn when the Canadian made his famous 147 break at the Crucible in 1983. :rip:

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Snooker MC Alan Hughes, who provided the nickmames for Jimmy White and a certain other snooker champion, has died.

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