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r.i.p. the hurricane

  • 24-07-2010 7:22pm
    #1
    hotspur147
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭hotspur147


    alex higgins has reportedly been found dead in his apartment today.
    R.I.P.


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  • #2
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,005 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Just saw this on skynews. RIP


  • #3
    Macker1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Macker1


    RIP...... A true genius in his heyday and very much a great entertainer of the game. :(:(


  • #4
    daveyboy_1ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭daveyboy_1ie


    RIP.........a true legend of the game


  • #5
    pholland
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭pholland


    was a master in his day.. always scared the opposition....r.i.p.


  • #6
    rednik
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭rednik


    RIP. The man was just an enigma.


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  • #7
    flutered
    Registered Users Posts: 6,664 ✭✭✭flutered


    thanks for the memories alex


  • #8
    jaykay74
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    great memories watching him as a kid. loved snooker at the time. don't watch it these days.


  • #9
    paconnors
    Registered Users Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭paconnors


    RIP Huricane Higgins


  • #10
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Snooker genius.
    Was the idol of many and start of players like Jimmy White & Ronnie O'S.
    Will be missed by thousands.


  • #11
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,679 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    There's an old expression that says "I wouldn't wish death on them" but constantly reading about his battle with his demons in the papers i can say that i wouldn't wish the last years of his life on anyone. hopefully in the afterlife he can find the peace he never found in this one.

    R.I.P hurricane


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  • #12
    FlawedGenius
    Registered Users Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭FlawedGenius


    Ruined himself. RIP.


  • #13
    aDeener
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭aDeener


    FlawedGenius wrote: »
    Ruined himself. RIP.

    your username sums the hurricane up. rip, legend


  • #14
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    only 61 i taught he was older

    a one off he'll be missed RIP


  • #15
    crow_eat_crow
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭crow_eat_crow


    He was the most entertaining player ever. You just never knew what he'd do next. Some of his shots... RIP Alex


  • #16
    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    RIP. One of the great sporting figures of my childhood.


  • #17
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    RIP Hurricane. A legend in every sense of the word.


  • #18
    Arthurdaly
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Arthurdaly


    A short but eventful life RIP Alex Higgins. You inspired many, well done and you will be remembered!!!


  • #19
    rccaulfield
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭rccaulfield


    Condolences to family and friends!


  • #20
    FlawedGenius
    Registered Users Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭FlawedGenius


    Arthurdaly wrote: »
    A short but eventful life RIP Alex Higgins. You inspired many, well done and you will be remembered!!!
    Short career anyway. Tbh hes been in pain years.


  • #21
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    A sad day for the sport. Tragic how his life turned out in the end. RIP Alex.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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  • #22
    THEIRISHMOB
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭THEIRISHMOB


    A legend
    A genius
    An Irish man
    A father
    An inspiration

    Alex Higgins ....always loved and remembered
    Hope they have snooker tables in Heaven…..I'll look forward to a frame together.

    Ian


  • #23
    Vince135792003
    Registered Users Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭Vince135792003


    When Higgins was at his peak, it seems that those running snooker were terrified of him and maybe rightly so. They were glad to see the back of him.

    Today, Barry Hearn would love a Alex Higgins. Higgins epitomises what snooker needs today.

    He was talented, arrogant, vulnerable, charismatic and unpredictable who connected with the general public positively and negatively.

    He was a star.


    Rest in peace Alex.


  • #24
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    lets remember the good times.......

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k214MI_eEmI


  • #25
    Arthurdaly
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Arthurdaly


    fryup wrote: »
    lets remember the good times.......

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k214MI_eEmI

    **** me, absolute class!!


  • #26
    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭patrickc


    alex was a legend his book was great too. Youll be missed R.I.P


  • #27
    10green bottles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,995 ✭✭✭10green bottles


    The man who made snooker has passed.

    RIP Alex and sympathy to the family.
    The memories you leave will live on forever.


  • #28
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    RIP a legend of the game, used to love watching him play.


  • #29
    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    His reaction to winning the 1982 World Championship is one of my favourite sporting moments. It's quiet sad how is life turned out but I'm glad to see his suffering is finally over. According to Jimmy Whites biography, he once saw Alex get back to back 147's in an exhibition match they were playing years ago.

    A true legend of Snooker and Sport!

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  • #30
    bassy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,542 ✭✭✭bassy


    i got hes autograph at goffs back in the early 90,s and yep he was well sloshed.the man made snooker,R.I.P hurricane.


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  • #31
    KittyeeTrix
    Registered Users Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    I'm not a huge snooker fan but Higgins was a legend and will be missed!!

    RIP


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