Scotland's biggest celebrity hunter passes away as tributes are paid to Big Al

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Scotland's biggest autograph hunter has passed away.Alan Marsh, better known as Big Al, died in his sleep on Thursday night.

He was 73.The popular figure from Kilmarnock rubbed shoulders with thousands of A-list celebrities over the years including Keira Knightly, Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Ricky Gervais, Sir Roger Moore, Brain May, Liz Hurley and many more.Such was his fascination with celebrities that he became famous in his own right throughout Kilmarnock.But one 'celebrity' encounter saw Alan make national headlines in 2015 after Donald Trump, who had just announced his intentions to run for the office of President of the United States, nicked his £5 note on one of his visits to Turnberry.The tycoon signed one of Alan's fivers and trousered the other for himself.

After Trump was elected as president in 2016 Alan's prized note was thought to be worth £5,000.Alan said in 2016: “I told one of the main guys the story.

He said he’d never heard of anything like that before and it is a one off. He said it was worth £500 and if Trump becomes president it is worth £5,000 – and if anything untoward happens to him I can buy a Bentley Turbo.“In August, 2015, he was prominent, but not that prominent.