The Hurricane has gone
 

Shame really, he was quite a character :(

Never really liked snooker but he made it worth watching amongst others

Didn't like him but,,,,,,,,,R.I.P.

He was great to watch in his time ..... as fast as you would ever see on TV Snooker!

He looked older than 61!

A pioneer in the snooker world, he bridges the gap between the old guard and the Ronnie o'Sullivans of today. Read his autobiography to see how he shook up the world of snooker, and alienated nearly all the old players. Funny old thing.

He also threatened to get Dennis Taylor 'kneecapped'!

RIP

+1

Very sad. He,s looked very ill for a long time, but what a character.RIP.

I saw him at Manchester Airport, not long ago, he looked like a Paul Whitehouse Character, a little Leprachaun in a black suit, he was collecting his Cue off the luggage carousel, a little lonely looking figure, didnt twig at first but he did look familiar.

He lived near our school in Gatley in the eighties, saw him about in some flash motors, nice big place but he screwed it up, apparently used to scratch a living hustling around the snooker halls in Manchester.

Always a bit sad when big names fall from grace like that.

Back when snooker was worth watching :thumb:



R.I.P









Then we got steve davis :cry: :cry: :cry:

Mad fecker

Mad, bad, brilliant. I loved him when I was a kid - a great loss.

RIP

A few years ago I was in a rather shady pub whilst he was playing for pints, thought he was a waster then and my thoughts haven't changed.

RIP

I find snooker dull, but he put some umph into it with his personality.

He was the one who made snooker popular and gingered up the whole scene. He died young but not surprising with his lifestyle. I wished he was still playing.

Les

RIP Hurricane Higgins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9VLT-Likk

Tragic end for him, really. He was quite a character in his day but used and abused his money. Ended up a rather sad case. RIP.

As a tribute, perhaps rather than just burying him, they should pot him, big cue, tricky shot, bounce him off the side of the Church, glance the Hearse and plop, into the corner plot.

On the other hand you certainly wouldnt be requiring the large pack of fire-lighters :D

Apparently he was clear of the throat cancer but he refused to eat and died of malnutrition.

I used to love watching him play.

Les

from a career with plenty of money, cars, women to starving to death in a dingy bedsit in sandy row. fcuk me that is no way to go. and all the hypocritical cvnts will be at the funeral saying how great he was, he was a good friend blah blah blah. where the fcuk were you when he needed you the most. No way for anyone to die in a supposed enlightened society.

sorry, really boils my piss this does at how two faced people are.

Sometimes people won't let you help them.

Les

I actually played him about 20 years ago.
He was doing an exhibition in a place in N.Ireland, and my number was drawn to play him.
Basically he broke by smashing the pack.
I potted 4 balls - 2 reds, 2 colours.
I didn't get any more shots as he potted everything.

then the decision should have been made for him. 61 is no age to die. To starve to death in a western country is ridiculous. Social Services must have known how vunerable he was, where is the back up care.

Sinky - I'd say that because of the alcohol abuse people turned a blind eye.
I personally know of a case where a man was in hospital being treated for alcohol abuse.
That person died in hospital through lack of care, and the attitude of the staff while he was alive was shocking to say the least

i know, i know. elderly vulnerable people going into hospital and coming out malnourished, kids being neglected and starving to death. Higgy had his demons no doubt, i just don't like to think that absolutely no one cared. i know the health service is in shambles and they are at breaking point, it just saddens me that he died alone knowing that no one was coming to help him.

Thought he died in his flat

In which case it mus have been a conscious decision on his part ?

he did. i was just stating anecdotal evidence of the state of our health service.

I agree. It is a horrible thought he was gasping his last, with no one seeming to care.
We will never know if he wanted it this way and isolated himself from the rest of the world.
I hope he is happy where he has gone

yep with some 18 year old swedish nympho lying on a bed legs akimbo. alex deciding" do i take the easy pink or the harder brown"

Boom, tish. i will get my coat. RIP Alex Higgins. I hope you found what you were looking for.

The Hurricane made snooker. I could not think of anything worse than watching Terry Griffiths, Eddy Charlton, Steve Davis, Ray Reardon etc but along came Higgy from up the road and wow snooker was great. You just never new what Alex was gonna do next.

RIP Alex