Alex "Hurricane" Higgins has died

[bensdbensd is verified member.]

Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, the former world snooker champion, has died, aged 61:

www.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm

 

[PredPred is verified member.]

my favourite player of all time
rip Alex
think the last decade or more been a misery for him so he's at rest now

 

[aquanuke]

RIP all the players of his era where great, very sad.

 

[GreyWing]

I think there should have been a thread everyday he was alive, that the guy somehow made it to that age with what he did was beyond me.

Sad to see a unique individual go though.

 

[DomainManagement]

It comes to us all but what great joy he gave

I Dont watch snooker on tele now at all

the like`s of Alex and Jimmy white brought the game alive

and it was great to be able to watch him pull a game out of the bag from no

where , and that guy could certainly drum up a hurricane of a game

Rip

 

[ngovgroup]

This is sad. My dad said that he's the reason why snooker became the most popular tv sports program.