Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia, his family announced. Griffiths started life in the coal mines at 15, then became

The 1979 world champion, a former miner and postman, died on Sunday in his beloved Llanelli with his friends and family by his side after a lengthy battle with dementia

Terry Griffiths, who has died from complications of dementia aged 77, was the rank outsider who in 1979 pulled off one of the biggest shocks in snooker history when he snatched the World Championship from under the nose of Dennis Taylor;