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Mural of Higgins at the Royal Bar, Belfast. Alex Higgins was an inspiration to many subsequent professional snooker players, including Ken Doherty, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan.
May 11, 2022 · It’s been almost 12 years since snooker legend Alex Higgins tragically passed away penniless in Belfast. The Hurricane was undoubtedly one of the most colourful, charismatic, and complicated ...
Jul 24, 2010 · 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...
Jul 26, 2010 · 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...
Jul 24, 2010 · Alex Higgins, the former world snooker champion from Northern Ireland, has died after a long battle with throat cancer.
Higgins made the first 16-reid clearance (in a challenge match in 1976); it wis a break of 146 (wi the broun as the first "reid", an 16 colours: 1 green, 5 pinks an 10 blacks). [54] In 2011, Event 8 o the Players Tour Championship wis renamed as the Alex Higgins International Trophy. [55]
Jul 25, 2010 · Tributes are being paid to two-time world snooker champion Alex Higgins, who has died after a long battle against throat cancer. Higgins, 61, was found dead in his flat in the Sandy Row area 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 ...
Two-time world snooker champion Alex Higgins has died in Belfast after suffering from throat cancer for many years. Born in Belfast in 1949, Higgins grew up in the Protestant working-class...
Jul 24, 2010 · Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, who has died at the age of 61 from throat cancer, was snooker's first television superstar. At the age of 23, he became world champion at his first attempt. But his...
