Eric Bristow, five-times darts world champion, dies at 60

• Londoner was one of the biggest names in 1980s darts
• Crafty Cockney later mentored 14-times champion Phil Taylor

Eric Bristow, the five-times world darts champion, has died aged 60 after suffering a heart attack at Liverpool’s Echo Arena.

Bristow, who dominated the sport in the 1980s, winning three successive world titles between 1984 and 1986, was at the Echo Arena in Liverpool to watch a Premier League fixture when he was taken ill and collapsed.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2IytD63