Sid Waddell has died

[Alien8]

Darts commentator Sid Waddell has died at the age of 72, his manager has confirmed.

Waddell, who had been suffering from bowel cancer since last September, became known as the voice of darts for his commentary over many years on the BBC and Sky.
In a statement, his manager Dick Allix said he "died peacefully with all his family around him late last night".
Waddell also wrote BBC children's programmes Jossy's Giants and Sloggers.
He received a nomination for best scriptwriter from the Writer's Guild of Great Britain for the latter.
The broadcaster was known for his colourful and excitable commentary style.
"There's only one word for it - 'magic darts'," was one of his famous lines and he also described the challenge of a player trying to defeat multiple world champion Phil Taylor as "like eating candy floss in a wind tunnel".

... well I'm gutted.

 

[Archie_tect]

Bullseye...

 

[Dayvo]

Sid, you're off the oche!

A wordsmith of the highest calibre - brought darts up to date and made it watchable/listenable.

 

[Cheshire Celt]

Sad day he was the Murray walker of darts rip

 

[ComedyPilot]

Checked out with 72 - T16 D12 - RIP Sid

 

[LarryDuff]

What a legend of commentary.

RIP.

 

[Cheddar George]

The guy was a legend.

Only last week i was thinking how good the archery would have been with Sid commentating.

 

[Archie_tect]

The guy was a legend.

Only last week i was thinking how good the archery would have been with Sid commentating.

Brilliant!

 

[Cheddar George]

Brilliant!

If you liked that then you would have loved my idea to have Stuart Hall commentating on the steeplechase in an "It's a Knockout" style.

 

[Archie_tect]

Stuart Hall cracking up and wheezing would have been priceless!

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Shame he was a massive part of darts R.I.P.

 

[User482]

And he wrote Jossy's Giants!