Alex Higgins RIP

[eghambee]

Died at the age of 61

RIP

A snooker legend

 

[Mr Tree]

very sad. RIP

 

[weymouth bee]

Great snooker player...

RIP Alex Higgins...

 

[Niyx]

I'm really gutted

A true sporting great imho. RIP Alex.

 

[German Bee]

never forget Higgy,born up the road from me.
Legend

 

[wayfarer172]

Very sad news.

RIP Alex.

 

[WarrenBee]

RIP legend.

 

[Davee]

The best shotmaker ever.
I'll never forget 1982, the amazing pots, the tears and your baby.
A tragically sad end for a great entertainer.
R.I.P. Hurricane.

 

[coconino]

Sad indeed. A great character and entertainer as well as sportsman.

 

[JBN]

Mad as a box frogs. A complete legend and a huge personality.

RIP Hurricane.

 

[Billy Hunt]

Sad news. Looked terribly unwell for the last 10-15 years. Diagnosed with throat cancer ten years ago. 61 sounds too young to die nowadays.

RIP Hurricane

 

[GP200]

........................changed the face of snooker in the early seventies.................rest in peace..............

 

[Newbury Bee 09]

Very sad news

RIP

 

[Johnny Bravo]

I just got back from a night out to hear this

RIP Alex, what a legend!

JB...

 

[Infatuated Bees Alter Ego]

Jeez !! :sad: RIP Alex, I'll never forget that time you won the World Championship and had your family with you.
A truly great player in his day. Wonderful entertainer. A right character and highly unpredictable ;-)
You left your mark Alex, I for one will never forget you.

 

[SCBee]

From Belfast, genius at his chosen sport, complete showman but with a self-destructive streak as big as his personality - sounds more than a bit familiar doesn't it?

 

[Dee Bee]

BBC snooker commentator Philip Studd described Higgins as "snooker's original, troubled genius".
"Charismatic, flash, fast, unpredictable, combustible - you just couldn't take your eyes off the 'Hurricane',"
the BBC commentator told Radio Five Live. "While he could never match the consistency of Steve Davis or
Stephen Hendry, Higgins on his day was the greatest of them all".

This sums up Alex perfectly, a genius with a cue, R.I.P. Hurricane.

 

[Indian Bee]

RIP :sad:

will always remember the 1982 World Championship ! one of my sporting hero's of all time !

 

[TW3Bee]

RIP Alex

 

[Sweepy]

Looked like he only had days left when he appeared at the Crucible a few weeks ago.

A true sporting legend. RIP.

 

[Inappropriate Smilies Bee]

I just got back from a night out to hear this

i think he would have approved mate!

RIP. very sad. a real character.

 

[bonafidebee]

BBC snooker commentator Philip Studd described Higgins as "snooker's original, troubled genius".
"Charismatic, flash, fast, unpredictable, combustible - you just couldn't take your eyes off the 'Hurricane',"
the BBC commentator told Radio Five Live. "While he could never match the consistency of Steve Davis or
Stephen Hendry, Higgins on his day was the greatest of them all".

This sums up Alex perfectly, a genius with a cue, R.I.P. Hurricane.

Of course not, he was too ready to head butt people

Bless him, at times, pure genius on the snooker table and occasionally a lunatic away from it. RIP.

 

[Inappropriate Smilies Bee]

why are they leading on the tele with Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis's tributes?!? he hated those two.

RIP the Keith Moon of the snooker pitch.