RIP JOCKY WILSON

[REB]

died aged 62. one of the first true darts heros in days when fags and beer were the norm.

[denhaaggooner]

Dickie Davies , World Of Sport , wrestling ,darts , Saint And Greavesy seemed to be plenty of jobs , pubs were full , no speed cameras , speed bumps , cctv how things have changed , for the worse imo we are now a nanny state where fags and alcohol are getting priced out the normal mans range . Stop the kids going uptown coz they cause too much trouble and the police are needed to do real work like catching speeding motorists to top up the government coffers . I want to go back to the days of JOCKY where we made our own choices . Rant Over !

[Rugby Gooner]

RIP
I remember when Dexy's Midnight Runners were on TOTP doing "Jackie Wilson",and the scenery people had massive pictures of JOCKY Wilson decorating the set around the group!!!

[QuartzGooner]

R.I.P.

I do not mean this in a bad way, but am surprised he lived as long as he did.

Tough life.

From wikipedia:

Wilson was a constant sweet-eater and generally refused to brush his teeth - "my Gran told me the English poison the water" - he had lost his last tooth by the age of 28. Following his 1982 World title win, he paid £1,200 for dentures, but never took to them. They made him belch when drinking, he complained.[3]

A heavy smoker for forty years, in November 2009 it was announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[4] He died just after 9 p.m. on 24 March 2012 at his home in Kirkcaldy.[5]

[Rosie_titters]

remember the great dart days of the mid 80s with Bristow, Lowe, Deller, whitcombe and Lazarenko

RIP Jocky at the oche

[goonersid]

From what I rememmber he was a nasty little character, a poor loser and weren't there rumours of domestic violence.

[flash gunner]

From what I rememmber he was a nasty little character, a poor loser and weren't there rumours of domestic violence.

Trust Sid to ruin an RIP thread

RIP to a darts great

[Rosie_titters]

From what I rememmber he was a nasty little character, a poor loser and weren't there rumours of domestic violence.

no one will go to there grave, with out committing some sort of evil in there life, i once pulled a chair away when a girl went to sit on it..., see none of us are angels

[cusamano]

R.I.P.