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The Dead Thread
- Thread starter Pat's Van
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He was the real deal.
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £90m
Shalom Nagar. 88 years old or so. Quite the CV.
Shalom Nagar, hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, dies
Shalom Nagar was chosen to hang one of the architects of the Holocaust, in Israel's only civil execution.
www.bbc.co.uk
Rest in Shalom x
so he has been a dead man walking for 64 yearsShalom Nagar. 88 years old or so. Quite the CV.
Shalom Nagar, hangman of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, dies
Shalom Nagar was chosen to hang one of the architects of the Holocaust, in Israel's only civil execution.www.bbc.co.uk
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £90m
Goodbye to one of the oldest swingers in town?
Terry Griffiths, reached for the extended rest today sadly. RIP 
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
Terry Griffiths. One of those who helped usher in the golden age of snooker. What characters they all were.
He had a lovely voice for commentary too.
He had a lovely voice for commentary too.
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
RIP Terry Lad !
Terryble news really x
A great player in his day, didn't have an array of trophies but was always a difficult opponent ,also a well respected and much in demand coach.
RIP Terry Griffiths.
….aged 77, he deserves a pic;
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
He's got a funeral tomorrow.......
Drico
Player Valuation: £60m
Ah, that's sad news to start the week with.
Terry was one of the greats. For a short period at the turn of the decade into the 1980s, he was the best player in the world. He won the world title in 1979 and followed up with a runners-up spot in the 1979 UK and with the Masters and Irish Masters titles in 1980. For about three years, he was Steve Davis's biggest rival - contesting five consecutive finals with him - winning two and coming from 8-1 down to level at 10-10 in the 1980 world championship quarter-final that he eventually lost 13-10 (giving birth to the Crucible Curse).
A truly great player. For consistency, he was hard to beat. He made something like eight world championship quater-finals or better in a row and was a semi-finalist deep into the 1990s.
But besides his exploits on the table, he was a great character. A postman, bus conductor, insurance salesman, and miner ever before he took up a cue professionally. People could relate to such a genuine man. His hair was legendary, and even his style of play - methodical to the point of hilarity - gave him an angle in an era excited by the likes of Alex Higgins and Jimmy White. He might have been slow - but, boy, he was effective with it. He won the career head-to-head with Higgins 16-12, for example.
That was the thing with the 80s players. They were like 80s WWF wrestlers in that they all had their "gimmick". And nobody was a better, more methodical and effective slowcoach than Terry. Always played the right shot. And then, of course, he became a great coach - with no need for the slow.
RIP. He certainly played his part in the golden era.
Terry was one of the greats. For a short period at the turn of the decade into the 1980s, he was the best player in the world. He won the world title in 1979 and followed up with a runners-up spot in the 1979 UK and with the Masters and Irish Masters titles in 1980. For about three years, he was Steve Davis's biggest rival - contesting five consecutive finals with him - winning two and coming from 8-1 down to level at 10-10 in the 1980 world championship quarter-final that he eventually lost 13-10 (giving birth to the Crucible Curse).
A truly great player. For consistency, he was hard to beat. He made something like eight world championship quater-finals or better in a row and was a semi-finalist deep into the 1990s.
But besides his exploits on the table, he was a great character. A postman, bus conductor, insurance salesman, and miner ever before he took up a cue professionally. People could relate to such a genuine man. His hair was legendary, and even his style of play - methodical to the point of hilarity - gave him an angle in an era excited by the likes of Alex Higgins and Jimmy White. He might have been slow - but, boy, he was effective with it. He won the career head-to-head with Higgins 16-12, for example.
That was the thing with the 80s players. They were like 80s WWF wrestlers in that they all had their "gimmick". And nobody was a better, more methodical and effective slowcoach than Terry. Always played the right shot. And then, of course, he became a great coach - with no need for the slow.
RIP. He certainly played his part in the golden era.