Sid Waddell's Death
Born (Birthday) August 10, 1940
Death Date August 11, 2012
Age of Death 72 years
Cause of Death Bowel Cancer
Profession Sportscaster
The sportscaster Sid Waddell died at the age of 72. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
English sportscaster remembered for being perhaps the most famous darts announcer of all time. His illustrious career in darts announcing lasted from the the mid-70’s up until shortly before his death in 2012.
He was survived by his wife, Irene, and five children.
Quotes
"Well as giraffes say, you don’t get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.
"I talk fast because I’m asthmatic, and I’m desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
"The thing about darts is that you’ve got to shout. It’s not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You’ve got to hurl yourself at it.
"As a kid, I was school swot, but I used to hang around the billiard halls, learning that Geordie sense of humour, mixing with low-lifes. They were the sort who’d pick your pocket and then say ‘Here you are lad, here’s tuppence, get yourself some chips’. I was a good rugby player, a good runner, so I fitted in at Cambridge quite easily.
"That’s the greatest comeback since Lazarus.