britain 's most famous pools winner who pledged to ` spend , spend , spend ' after winning more than £ 150,000 has died .
viv nicholson , 79 , became rich overnight when she scooped £ 152,319 in 1961 with her husband keith .
the pair , from castleford , west yorkshire , splurged the cash on flash cars , designer clothes , holidays and partying - frittering away half of their wealth within four years of winning .