Let G be a graph and let V0 = ?? V(G): dG(?) = 6. We show in this paper that: (i) if G is a 6-connected line graph and if |V0| ? 29 or G[V0] contains at most 5 vertex disjoint K4's, then G is Hamilton-connected; (ii) every 8-connected claw-free graph is Hamilton-connected. Several related results known before are generalized. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory