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70-luvun rämäpää, kaksinkertainen 500cc maailmanmestari Barry Sheene kuoli viime yönä "kotonaan" Australiassa syöpään pitkän taistelun päätteeksi. Tämä "rautamieheksikin" tituleerattu suosittu kuski tuli tunnetuksi hurjista tempuistaan, hirveistä mälleistään ja mahtavasta persoonastaan. Jopa niin, että suomalaisella maaseudulla pikkupoikina vedettiin Jopoilla "hirrveetä rallia" ja katottiin kumpi voittaa: päri siin vai ziakkomo akostini!!!
RIP dude!
Koko stoori (BBC):
"Sheene loses cancer battle
Former world motorcycling champion Barry Sheene has died after a long battle against cancer.
Sheene was diagnosed with cancer in July last year
The 52-year-old, who was awarded the MBE in 1978, had cancer of the throat and stomach.
He passed away in a hospital on Australia's Gold Coast.
Sheene won the World 500cc Motorcycle Championships twice in 1976 and 1977 but was equally famous for overcoming his numerous crashes on the track.
At one stage in his career he had metal plates in both knees, 28 screws in his legs and a bolt in his left wrist.
Sheene: A hero on and off the track
Sheene began racing motorbikes at the age of five and remains the last British racer to win a 500cc GP in 1981.
He won 19 in all and is also the last rider from the home nations to win the world title.
Sheene moved to Australia in the early 1990s to ease the pain caused by arthritis from numerous broken bones suffered in crashes.
He worked as a motorsport television commentator Down Under, where he also had business interests.
Sheene was diagnosed with cancer in July last year just days after competing in a legends race during the British Grand Prix at Donington.
But he shunned chemotherapy treatment, opting to fight the disease with a natural diet regime and other therapies.
Sheene is survived by his wife Stephanie and two children, Freddie and Sidonie."
RIP dude!
Koko stoori (BBC):
"Sheene loses cancer battle
Former world motorcycling champion Barry Sheene has died after a long battle against cancer.
Sheene was diagnosed with cancer in July last year
The 52-year-old, who was awarded the MBE in 1978, had cancer of the throat and stomach.
He passed away in a hospital on Australia's Gold Coast.
Sheene won the World 500cc Motorcycle Championships twice in 1976 and 1977 but was equally famous for overcoming his numerous crashes on the track.
At one stage in his career he had metal plates in both knees, 28 screws in his legs and a bolt in his left wrist.
Sheene: A hero on and off the track
Sheene began racing motorbikes at the age of five and remains the last British racer to win a 500cc GP in 1981.
He won 19 in all and is also the last rider from the home nations to win the world title.
Sheene moved to Australia in the early 1990s to ease the pain caused by arthritis from numerous broken bones suffered in crashes.
He worked as a motorsport television commentator Down Under, where he also had business interests.
Sheene was diagnosed with cancer in July last year just days after competing in a legends race during the British Grand Prix at Donington.
But he shunned chemotherapy treatment, opting to fight the disease with a natural diet regime and other therapies.
Sheene is survived by his wife Stephanie and two children, Freddie and Sidonie."
