Barry Sheene was an English motorcycle racer. He was born in 1950 at London and died in 2003 of throatcancer. He was 500cc world champion in 1976 and 1977, riding for Suzuki, though he was perhaps best loved for his natural good looks, charm and survivability, enduring horrendous crashes during his career. In 1978 he was awarded the MBE . After suffering a terrible crash in 1982 (he smashed into a bike lying across the Silverstone track during a British Grand Prix practice) in which both his legs were rebuilt with metal pins and plates, he retired from motorcycle racing in 1984 and moved to Australia where he became a televisionstar - though he returned to win the Jester International Classic race on a Molnar FWDManx at Donnington park, England in July 2001. Research Barry Sheene
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