Eric Bristow has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack, the Professional Darts Corporation has announced. Picture: ADAM BUTLER/PA WIRE (Image: PA Wire)
Five-time world champion Eric Bristow has died aged 60 after suffering a heart attack, the Professional Darts Corporation has announced.
Bristow, known as the “Crafty Cockney”, was the biggest name in darts throughout the 1980s - the beginning of the sport’s television boom.
He was a founder member of the PDC in 1993 and mentored the sport’s next dominant player Phil Taylor. Bristow received an MBE in 1989.
A PDC statement read: “The Professional Darts Corporation is deeply saddened to announce that five-time world champion Eric Bristow MBE passed away on Thursday evening following a heart attack.”
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