Old Willie Thorne is nearly gorn.

[Chedney Honks]

Too bad he's dead. That's what you get for being alive at any point ha ha ha

[Satchmo Distel]

66?!
That means that when I first watched snooker as a kid he'd have been in his late 20s!

He'd just turned 32 when he did this!

Tony Meo looks like Andy Kaufman

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

I would have suggested Hank Kingsley for Oor Willie, but that's just the bald head/ moustache combo, innit? I suppose if you gave most people a bald head and moustache, you could confer Hank Kingsley lookalike status on 'em.

[idunnosomename]

I'm a notably hirsute man and he's actually hairier than me!

he has two hairless strips that come down from his shoulders though so it balances out

[jenna appleseed]

Popbitch says: "Willie Thorne's standard line whenever he was introduced to a woman with a peck on the cheek was "I bet that's the biggest Willie you've ever kissed!" "

[Sebastian Cobb]

I'd want a balaclava if I was sharing a car with match-fixer Higgins as well.

[David Pielingtonburygrot]

he has two hairless strips that come down from his shoulders though so it balances out

Now old Willie Thorne
He has two hairless strips that come down from his shoulders though so it balances out
And 'is mates all take the rise

[DistressedArea]

Rumour was he put bluetack on the end of his stick when he thought no one was looking, and that's why he got such high scores.

[DistressedArea]

Apparently Jimmy White called him out for it, and they had a stick fight in Morrisons car park.