Inevitably, his luck ran out, and now Williams will have to read his biography in prison.

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But his luck ran out on 29 as Brad Hodge grabbed a catch at short-leg off Warne.

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His luck ran out, though, when he became obsessed with beating slot machines, and he wound up serving a yearlong sentence.

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His luck ran out three days before D-Day in June 1944 when the Lancaster bomber he was piloting was shot down.

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Greg Norman carded a course-record 64 to secure his place in the play-off with Calcavecchia and Wayne Grady, but the Australian's luck ran out and Calcavecchia claimed his only major title.

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