Snooker player willie thorne dead - what was his net worth?

Willie Thorne announced he had leukaemia in March. Last week he was admitted to hospital. The news he is dead came this morning. In August 2019 he said: "Through gambling, yes.

Sometimes I would get into a mess. The worst time was when I expected to get to the quarter final of a tournament and win £15,000 to pay off all my bills. But I didn’t get through and had to

borrow money from a friend to settle my debts and pay my mortgage. "I still find it hard to keep on the straight and narrow, but two years ago I decided I needed to knuckle down and

get some structure in my life. And that is what I have been trying to do ever since." He went on: "I probably borrowed £1million over the years in order to gamble – and I am still

in debt from it all. When I look back it upsets me." Willie also revealed her cashed his pension in while gambling, leaving him with just his state pension to live off. His dad was also

a gambler. But his snooker career did afford him big financial success. Tributes came in for the snooker player. Piers Morgan tweeted: "RIP Willie Thorne, 66. Great snooker player

& a wonderful character. Sad news." Another said: "Sad about Willie Thorne. When my old man was 17/18 he joined the snooker hall that Willie used. "They got pally and one

night ended up down the casino, they won a fortune 80/20 in favour of Willie and he split it down the middle and My old man bought a house with it. What a bloke."