Euromillions lottery winner who took home a huge £161m spent £40m of it in just eight years before he sadly passed away.Colin Weir and his now ex-wife Christine scooped the massive jackpot in 2011 and split the money.He was the UK’s biggest lottery winner and ended up spending half of his £80m share before he died on luxury items and causes close to his heart.Colin sadly passed away at the age of 71 after contracting sepsis and an ‘acute kidney injury’ in 2019, according to The Sun.However, Colin did seem to make the most of his fortune with the dad-of-two sharing his wealth with friends and family.He even invested some of his winnings in well known brands with the Scotsman ploughing £10,000 for stakes in Irn-Bru and over £20,000 in.
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