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May 11, 2022 · Higgins was an unpredictable personality who firmly established himself as one of snooker’s greatest characters, but this same persona robbed him of becoming one of the sport’s best players ...
Jan 27, 2012 · Snooker legend Alex Higgins starved to death after refusing to eat, his close pal Jimmy White revealed last night. He said the desperately weak former world champion snubbed pleas from friends and ...
Jul 24, 2010 · Former world champion snooker star Alex Hurricane Higgins has died. He was 61 and had suffered ill health for some time. Belfast-born Higgins, who won the world title in 1972 and 1982, was ...
Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) [4] was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" for his rapid play, [5] and known as the "People's Champion" for his popularity and charisma, [6 ...
Jul 24, 2010 · Snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies at 61. Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins has died aged 61 after a long battle against throat cancer. The 1972 and 1982 world champion, a heavy smoker, was found dead in his flat in Belfast on Saturday. Recent newspaper pictures showed a painfully thin Higgins in Spain after his hopes of ...
Alex Higgins began and ended his snooker career in back street bars playing all-comers for money. He stumbled on his first snooker hall aged 11 after taking a short-cut home and quickly became a ...
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Jul 24, 2010 · Alex Higgins, the former world snooker champion from Northern Ireland, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. The 61-year-old former world champion was known as 'the Hurricane' by his ...
