about a Geordie groupie, was banned by WH Smith and John Menzies. In 2009 he published a memoir of his boyhood in a Geordie pit village, The Road Back Home. Personal life Waddell was married to Irene. Waddell was a fervent Newcastle United supporter, and lived in Pudsey. In September 2011, it was announced that Waddell had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. He succumbed to bowel cancer on 11 August 2012, the day after his 72nd birthday, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Following his death, the decision was made to rename the PDC World Darts Championship trophy the Sid Waddell trophy from 2013. Waddell's funeral was held in Leeds on 22 August 2012. Before Waddell's funeral he was cremated earlier in the day in a private ceremony. Quotes "It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus" "When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Bristow's only 27." "He's burning the midnight oil at both ends!" "They'll be rattling their clogs in Cleckheaton!" "Even Hypotenuse would have trouble working out these angles!" "There's only one word for that – magic darts!" "It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline." "The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them" "He's as happy as a penguin in a microwave." "His eyes are bulging like the belly of a hungry chaffinch." "That could have landed on the pupil of a fly's eyeball"" "William Tell could take an apple off your head, Taylor could take out a processed pea." "He's moving round that pool table like Shawn Michaels after a couple of body slams." "In the space of three darts, he has gone from being Lee Van Cleef to the Laughing Cavalier." References Notes External links Classic Waddell Commentary from Waddell's Official web site. Darts commentators English sports broadcasters BBC sports presenters and reporters 1940 births 2012 deaths Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from colorectal cancer People from Alnwick Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Professional Darts Corporation Hall of Fame