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Willie Thorne to be remembered by Memorial events in Spain to raise awareness about 20-20 Voice Cancer
FORMER snooker star Willie Thorne is to be remembered by Memorial events in Spain to raise awareness about 20-20 Voice Cancer charity whom he was Patron.
Anstey, Leicester born Thorne, who lived in Villamartin, Alicante, Spain, died of sepsis shock in Torrevieja hospital on June 17, 2020, aged 66.
He had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment for leukaemia after being diagnosed in March 2020.
Willie Thorne’s Memorial service in Spain following his death of sepsis shock in June 2020. Photo: Andrew Atkinson.
Willie’s former wife Jill Saxby said: “There are plenty of laryngectomy people in Spain and any funds raised we will be grateful of, as we are such a small, but rapidly growing charity.”