With his dream to buy a football club met is lotto-billionaire Colin Weir death.

He was 71 years old.

It writes the BBC.

Scottish Weir came on everyone’s lips, when he won in 2011, which is equivalent to 1.4 billion crowns in the EuroMillions with his wife Chris.

Earlier in the year confirmed the pair had been divorced after 38 years of marriage, and shortly after published Colin Weir, that he had bought the scottish club Partick Thistle, who play in the best scottish series.

the Couple was in 2019 divorced. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/David Moir

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a month ago, he took over as a majority stake in the club officially, and gave the ownership on to the club’s fans as a gift.

in the Partick Thistles away match on Saturday against Morton will be held a minute’s applause in honour of Colin Weir. In addition, the players will wear sørgebind during the fight.

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Colin Weir has been a lifelong fan of the club, at the time of writing is second to last in the league.

According to a spokesperson for the family’s lawyer dead Colin Weir, after a short illness, and the family has no further comments to the death.

Weir is survived by two adult children.

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