Police and ambulance crews were called to Portobello High Street shortly before 3pm on Monday but the 36-year-old bike rider was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

“A few years ago, I made the decision that I was going to start getting younger.

[7]. “I can see it now, It was absolutely amazing .

Michael Hall was driving at almost 90mph when he lost control of his BMW and crashed into HGV driver Malcolm Easton, whose vehicle jack-knifed and plunged 40 metres down an embankment. It simply did not matter. William Pollock McLaren CBE (16 October 1923 – 19 January 2010) was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. [2], Recognition of his services came in November 2001, when he became the first non-international to be inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. [12][13]

He was also a legend in rugby and I'm sure Bette will take great care of his beloved memorabilia.".
After retirement, McLaren wrote the book Rugby's Great Heroes and Entertainers in 2003. But in that same year he contracted tuberculosis, and so began the second fight for his life. Known as 'the voice of rugby', he retired from commentating in 2002.

Bill once credited his beliefs with helping him and Sara heal after the shocking death of Edwina in 1984.

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There’s no word just yet on when he’ll return.”. [2] He spent 19 months in a sanatorium in East Fortune (East Lothian), where he was given an experimental drug, streptomycin, which saved his life. In his teenage years, McLaren grew up to be a useful flank forward. He had some tests along the way, especially when his son-in-law, the scrum-half Alan Lawson, or later his grandson in the same position, Rory Lawson, were playing for Scotland.

Bill McLaren in 2002, the year of his retirement Photograph: Huw John / Rex Features It was said that Bill McLaren, who has died aged 86, was the voice of rugby. "He always remained very unbiased in his commentary and I think that that was unquestionably one of his endearing qualities.

Appointed CBE in 2003, he is survived by Bette and his daughter Linda. One pal said: "He was a huge family man. Meters are smart for our business says Locavore owner set to open new shop.

He would never have said anything about himself in such a way, for he was famously modest, a son of Hawick for whom a day away from his home town was a day wasted.

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The message is too simple, it’s hard to perceive.". As a rugby player, he was, to borrow one of his phrases, a "tearaway flanker", a forward with the Hawick first XV, hugely promising by all accounts and fanatical from the day his father took him to see the New Zealand All Blacks at Mansfield Park, Hawick.

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Bill's devotion to spiritualism became so great that it led to the break-up of his last relationship with TV weather girl Emma ­Jesson, 44, in 2013. While he convalesced, he began to commentate on table tennis for hospital radio.

"The body was actually designed to go on for ever.”. Of course, it was never said quite like he would have said it himself, in his honeyed, Borders burr, tinged with the impishness that suggested that none of this was to be taken too seriously. ITV are giving him all the time he needs but he’s understandably very upset," a source told The Sun . “After hearing the news on Friday he’s been told to take as long as required. The Prime Minister made the U-turn after demands to confirm financial help to cover wages. Age has no ailments attached to it – your cells renew themselves equally all the time.

According to the Daily Mail, her partner Toby Evans revealed she died from liver failure. These included Murray Walker (motor racing/Formula One), Peter O'Sullevan (horse racing), Harry Carpenter (boxing and rowing), Dan Maskell (tennis), David Coleman (athletics), Peter Alliss (golf) and John Arlott (cricket). It troubled him that he was not by her side when she died, but Janie had ordered him to the commentary box. The disease nearly killed him and forced him to give up playing. RUGBY legend Bill McLaren left a £240,000 estate to his wife and daughter.

The actor has been granted compassionate leave as he grieves the loss of his first born. [5] While in the hospital, he began his broadcasting career, by commenting on table tennis games on the hospital radio. I told Sara and she said she felt stronger," he said. [9], In later life, McLaren contracted Alzheimer's; he had been renowned for his excellent memory.[10]. Steven Gerrard's men head to Portugal on Thursday and may be facing a wounded animal. • William Pollock McLaren, teacher and rugby commentator, born 16 October 1923; died 19 January 2010, BBC sports commentator and 'the voice of rugby union' for nearly 50 years, Bill McLaren in 2002, the year of his retirement Photograph: Huw John / Rex Features.
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He served with the Royal Artillery in Italy during the Second World War,[2] including the Battle of Monte Cassino. I used to go with my father to see matches at a very early age, the great Hawick heroes including Willie Welsh, Jock Beattie and Jerry Foster, so I had an all-consuming desire to wear the green jersey of Hawick.[4].

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There was no structural failure, no disease nothing wrong other than the electrical impulse to the heart stopped and they didn’t know why. Vanya herself last posted on Facebook on Feburary 26, when she shared a vet's post about a lost dog being found. She just went.". McLaren was born in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, in 1923 to a knitwear salesman from Loch Lomond-side who had moved down to the area.

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You can unsubscribe at any time. In 1947 he was back in Hawick and playing in a Scottish trial.

It was a liver failure that she died of, it happened very quickly. Police lockdown busy Edinburgh road after horror smash between cyclist and lorry.

McLaren has continued to be honoured for his legacy in Hawick and in the sport of rugby. Former England captain Bill Beaumont also recognised the importance of McLaren's contribution to the sport. Bill Roache has been granted indefinite compassionate leave after the tragic death of his daughter Vanya. He was awarded an MBE in 1992, an OBE in 1995 and a CBE in the 2003 honours list. Forever in my heart.”. "My heart goes out for all the loved ones that are no longer with us !!! Do you reckon your plans for a showstopping dessert could earn a handshake from Paul Hollywood?


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