British motorcycling legend Barry Sheene died from cancer at ... After his 175mph crash in practice for the Daytona 200, he was said to have woken up in hospital and asked the nurse for "a fag".

Barry Sheene is suffering from cancer of the throat ... two vertebrae and ribs in a 175mph crash in Daytona. Another smash at Silverstone in 1982 left him with 28 screws in his legs and ...