iansheff   88 #1 Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Five-time world darts champion Eric Bristow has died at the age of 60.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/43663426  Mods please rectify the title to dies instead of did and ages to aged. Edited April 5, 2018 by iansheff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   863 #2 Posted April 5, 2018 R.I.P Eric......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jane2008   15 #3 Posted April 5, 2018 I never liked his sports personna, but liked him as a man  Condolences to his near and dear ones  Such a shock and young in this day and age  RIP Eric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
staninoodle   175 #4 Posted April 5, 2018 Sad news,cant say I was a fan,but you had to respect the guy,he took some beating and was good for darts,real character that will live long in the memory of those that watched back then. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M Â Â 1,625 #5 Posted April 5, 2018 I thought he would've been a lot older than 60. He seems to have been around for many years - must've started young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Penistone999 Â Â 10 #6 Posted April 5, 2018 RIP Eric......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ukdobby   224 #7 Posted April 6, 2018 Treble 20,not a great age,rip crafty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
top4718   838 #8 Posted April 6, 2018 I was always a John Lowe fan in my younger days, (fairly) local lad with the cool, calm demeanour, Eric was his arch nemesis, a brash Southerner who wasn’t afraid to flaunt his arrogance (albeit with a twinkle in his eye), the Crafty Cockney was the player you loved to hate but could back up his persona with being a very good player, a true ambassador for the sport and a sad loss at such a young age. RIP Eric. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blake   10 #9 Posted April 6, 2018 farewell then Eric Bristow, you were darts' Steve Davis. only southerners wanted you to win, and when you lost, everybody else cheered. even when it was Keith Deller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cycleracer   10 #10 Posted April 6, 2018 I met Eric a couple of years ago on the Hull to Rotterdam ferry crossing, he was entertaining the folk on the crossing. Got a pic with him somewhere, nice bloke shame he has died so early but most dart players in that era lead live's in the wrong lane of diet and booze and fags and looks like that lifestyle has caught up with him.  R.I.P Eric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   214 #11 Posted April 6, 2018 most dart players in that era lead live's in the wrong lane of diet and booze and fags and looks like that lifestyle has caught up with him.  I'm reminded of this great sketch:  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blake   10 #12 Posted April 6, 2018 I did like Bristow and admired him for his darts but the best game I saw with him in it was when he did lose, to Deller in 1983.   Bristow really was like Steve Davis in snooker. Capable of flair but a master of the percentage game. He could have won with the bullseye in that leg, but on his last throw, he played the percentage shot, to finish up on double 16 and, with him, certain victory if he'd been given the chance. Where Jocky Wilson, the Hurricane Higgins of darts at that time, would have gone for that bullseye, Bristow, like Steve Davis, did not. But Deller played out with an unbelievable 138. I remember how magnamimous Bristow was in defeat to Deller. Bristow was cool.  RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...