Eric Bristow

Eric John Bristow lived from 25 April 1957 to 5 April 2018 and was an English professional darts player from Hackney in East London, nicknamed the Crafty Cockney. He was one of the most successful players of the 1980s and is credited with helping to boost the popularity of the sport in that decade. He was a five-time BDO World Darts Champion, a five-time World Masters champion and a four-time WDF World Cup singles champion, and was ranked world number one on several occasions. Dartitis troubled his career from late 1986. In 1993 he was one of the sixteen players who left the British Darts Organisation to form the World Darts Council, later the Professional Darts Corporation. He later worked as a television commentator and died of a heart attack at the age of 60.