Alex "Hurricane" Higgins dies aged 61

[duncyboy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm

A terrible loss. I understand he'd been ill for a long time. He was a weird character. When he was bad, both off and on the table, he was awful. But when he was good he was unstoppable. Love him or hate him there were few players who could hold your attention like him.

RIP

Tributes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852076.stm

 

[R94N]

RIP, even though I never like snooker much

 

[ValSalva]

Darn cigarettes

What a painful way to go.

 

[Portaluk]

A real shame, I still remember staying up late on a school night to watch him play in the 80's.

The photo of him near the end of his life shows what a horrible disease cancer is.