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;

FORMER world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia, his family has confirmed. Griffiths came through the qualifying rounds to win the 1979

But Griffiths, who has died at the age of 77, drew every last drop from his talent and his role in helping to usher in snooker’s new era in the late 1970s and 1980s was no less important than more flamboyant contemporaries.