Sheene
Britishnoun
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“James Hunt died as a 40-year-old of a heart attack, Barry Sheene died at 52 years old of cancer,” he said of two of Britain’s great champions from the worlds of Formula One and motorcycling.
From Reuters • May 28, 2019
LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow was another faller from fifth place, ending his quest to become the first British rider to win back-to-back races since Barry Sheene in 1977 after his Australia triumph last week.
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2016
Sheene chose not to have surgery or undergo chemotherapy, instead putting his faith in natural treatments.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2013
Sheene again defied death seven years later when a collision with another bike during practice for the British Grand Prix saw him engulfed by a fireball.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2013
The slovenly creature" cried Marshland "Mr. Sheene has evidently had no practice in choosing his domestics.
From Daisy Ashford: Her Book by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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