Sad news to report tonight as it appears that double world champion Alex Higgins has lost his battle with throat cancer at the age of 61. More to follow but in the meantime please feel free to leave any tributes below in the comments section of this article.
Alex Higgins 1949-2010.
The news was broken amongst other places over at The Snooker Forum by Jason Francis, organiser of the recent Snooker Legends series who posted this message:
“Today I have to share the sad news that Alex Higgins has passed away in Belfast. Everyone at Snooker Legends sends their love to Lauren, Jordan and all his family. I am sure you will all want to share your memories of one of the greatest players ever to lift a cue and pay tribute in this thread. As ill as Alex was in Sheffield at the launch of Legends, there was no way he was ever going to let his fans down, to him they were all that mattered. We will all miss you Alex, Rest in Peace.”
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Although the news will come as no surprise to many when taking into account his well documented health problems during the past decade, it does not make it any less shocking as the man who was largely responsible for the snooker boom of the 1970′s and 1980′s now leaves us. Whatever one thinks of him as a man, the impact that he had on the sport was almost unprecedented and is impossible to ignore.
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Shawerr says:
July 24, 2010 at 6:51 pm (UTC 0 )
Extremely sad news. Loved his technique. I hope there are snooker tables in heaven.
Editha says:
July 24, 2010 at 7:11 pm (UTC 0 )
R.I.P Alex!!!!
Matthew Lowson
Twitter: PLtheLegend
says:
July 24, 2010 at 7:51 pm (UTC 0 )
Such very sad news. I had the privilege to meet him in Killarney last year and I had to say he was a gent to me. Snooker will miss him so very much. Rest in Peace Alexander Gordon Higgins 18.3.49-24.7.10
John McBride
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/JohnMcBrideIRE
says:
July 24, 2010 at 9:46 pm (UTC 0 )
RIP a legend of our game, because that’s what he is & always will be.
I met the man on a few occasions, the last meeting I had with the man was down in Killarney too, back in December 2009. I wrote about that meeting on my diary on here. I used to call him Champ, because that’s what he was, a champion.
Ziggy says:
July 24, 2010 at 11:15 pm (UTC 0 )
rest in peace genius
Cloudy says:
July 25, 2010 at 6:34 am (UTC 0 )
If God plays snooker, he’s about to suffer his first defeat.
RIP Alex, you were wonderful.
George Nesfield says:
July 25, 2010 at 12:37 pm (UTC 0 )
Every professional snooker player owe’s it all to the Hurricane for making the game of snooker watchable on TV without him they would not be earning the fortunes they do now.
I met him and played him twice he wasn’t very nice to me on the snooker table but you could not help but like him.
Rest in peace the greatest snooker player ever.
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