John Cosnett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British darts player
Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1960
Place of Birth: England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Apr-2018
Profession: darts player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John Cosnett
- Johnny "John" Cosnett (born 11 June 1951 in Wolverhampton) was an English retired professional darts player who competed in the 1980s & 1990s.
- He has one daughter (Jane) from his first marriage, and a son (Greg) and daughter (Kirsty) from his second to Cherry. Cosnett won the 1985 British Open, beating Welshman Peter Locke in the final.
- Despite winning one of the biggest prizes in the history of professional darts, Cosnett never managed to meet his new-found expectations which took him to #16 in the World Rankings.
- He competed in the 1985 BDO World Darts Championship, and won the opening round against Rab Scott, but was defeated in the second round by his fellow Englishman John Lowe.
- He also competed in the 1985 Winmau World Masters, defeating Keith Deller in the first round, before losing to Steve Gittins in the last 16 stage.
- John appeared on ITV's Bullseye in 1985 as the celebrity darts player, and made the highest score of the series - 361.
- After that, Cosnett never played in any more major tournaments and faded out of mainstream darts. In 2006, Cosnett suffered a serious stroke which almost killed him, followed several months later by another which again he was lucky to survive.
- He blamed the smoking and drinking culture of the 1980s and '90s Darts scene for this.
- After battling through several more health scares over the following years he was diagnosed with cancer in 2016.
- After surviving the initial prognosis of 3 months he was seemingly doing well through 2017 being cared for by his wife Cherry.
- However, after a hospital check in early 2018 it was found the cancer had spread.
- He lost his battle with the disease on 23 April 2018. Cosnett was a big fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers & lived to see them return to the Premier League.
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