 R I P Hurricane
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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins , the peoples champion dead at 61 y o. most of you guys on here wont know this guy, but i,ll bet everyone from the UK and Ireland and maybe Austrialia do .he was a huge influence in the sport of snooker, breaking a lot of rules and taking the stuffiness out of the game and starting it on the road to mass popularity (most watched sport on tv in the UK at one point). boozer smoker and general hellraiser . R I P Alex, you brought many joy and excitement watching you play . http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sunday-mail...86908-22438808/
Last edited by Celt; 07/25/2010 2:21 PM.
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RIP
Many years ago he called in at a local bikers pub, one of the refs was a regular but not a biker, and my brother challenged him to a game of pool. He didn't accept
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Loquacious
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I remember seeing him in the eighties. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed he and another fellow - short reddish hair - called (I think) Steve something pretty much dominated the game.
Bedouin.
Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).
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phoenix
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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins , the peoples champion dead at 61 y o.
most of you guys on here wont know this guy, but i,ll bet everyone from the UK and Ireland and maybe Austrialia do .he was a huge influence in the sport of snooker, breaking a lot of rules and taking the stuffiness out of the game and starting it on the road to mass popularity (most watched sport on tv in the UK at one point). boozer smoker and general hellraiser .
R I P Alex, you brought many joy and excitement watching you play .
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sunday-mail...86908-22438808/
Maybe he woulda lived to see 71, or 81 even 91, if he hadn't been such a hellraiser,boozer,smoker! ya think.duh
bob s
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Adjunct
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I remember seeing him in the eighties. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed he and another fellow - short reddish hair - called (I think) Steve something pretty much dominated the game.
Steve Davis?
Ride to eat,Eat to ride!
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Stickman Yogi
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Sounds like he suffered a lot towards the end. At least his suffering is over now. May he RIP.
Live to love, love to live.
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Learned Hand
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Great player, like George Best his lifestyle caught up with him.
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I remember seeing him in the eighties. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed he and another fellow - short reddish hair - called (I think) Steve something pretty much dominated the game.
Steve Davis?
Yep ... that's the one! 
Superb players.
Higgins was indeed a hurricane whereas this Davis guy seemed a cold-blooded bastage.
Bedouin.
Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).
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I remember seeing him in the eighties. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed he and another fellow - short reddish hair - called (I think) Steve something pretty much dominated the game.
Steve Davis?
Steve "Interesting" Davis
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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