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RIP Eric Bristow

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The greatest.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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He isn't dead is he? Seems the PDC published an obit page by mistake, it's gone now.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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Died earlier. Suspected heart attack.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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Ginge wrote:He isn't dead is he? Seems the PDC published an obit page by mistake, it's gone now.
Screenshot?
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ifm wrote:
Ginge wrote:He isn't dead is he? Seems the PDC published an obit page by mistake, it's gone now.
Screenshot?
Wasnt me who spotted it, was someone on df. Said he had died of a heart attack "earlier on thursday" but I can't imagine he gets someone else to Tweet his naff predictions on Twitter and he did that at 5.16 this afternoon.
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Thread unlocked.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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Looks like it is true. Bloody hell.

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WizardofozFan wrote:John Gwynne & Jacques Nieuwlaat have both just tweeted to say Eric's passed away?
If Jacques says it has happened, then I tend to believe it. He is a reliable source.
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https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/04/05/eric ... asses-away

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Why did they put it on and then remove it? Bizarre.
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Sad News. RIP Eric. A true star of darts.
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Terrible news. A great player, humorous commentator, and will be sorely missed on the exhibition circuit I'm sure.

I feel greatly for poor Rod Studd & Stuart Pyke having to commentate during this knowing the news.

Classily handled by Pyke there, so professional.
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My sporting hero.
RIP.
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Tragic news.

For those of my generation, he was the first superstar of darts, and the face of the sport. As a Jocky Wilson fan, used to love the matches between the two.

Huge loss and condolences to his friends and family.

RIP Eric, you will be missed.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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Always a shame in cases like this that idiots make jokes, but also that it's so sudden and no celebration for the man before he went.

Bruce Forsyth for instance was a great age and had sign-offs on TV where he was celebrated, but Eric was just 60 and went just like that. Something that often gets overlooked this.

Rest in peace Crafty Cockney.
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RIP Eric he was one of my heroes watching darts when I was a kid
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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Very sad news. Dart players don't seem to live to ripe old ages and is a lesson to us all to be healthier :(
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Gutted
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Very sad news , a huge blow to the darting fraternity. Rest in peace champ.
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Re: RIP ERic Bristow

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WOW Gutted, what a loss for the darting community. Condolences to all his family
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