Signed Alex Hurricane Higgins Book 1949-2010 Snooker World Champion Legend 1970s

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Alex Higgins Signed Hardback Book'From the Eye of the Hurricane' Alex Higgins Alex Higgins in 2008 Born ( 1949-03-18 )18 March 1949 Belfast , Northern Ireland [1 ] Died 24 July 2010 (2010-07-24 ) (aged 61)Belfast, Northern Ireland Sport country Northern Ireland Nickname Hurricane Professional 1971–1997 Highest ranking 2 ( 1976/77 and 1982/83 ) Highest break 142 (1985 British Open ) Tournament wins Ranking 1 Non-ranking 21 World Champion 1972 , 1982 Alexander Gordon "Alex" Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010), also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins , was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who was twice World Champion and twice runner-up. Higgins earned the nickname The Hurricane because of his speed of play. Higgins was also a former World Doubles champion with Jimmy White and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team. He also came to be known as the People's Champion because of his popularity.Higgins is often credited to have brought the game of snooker to a wider audience and contributing to its peak in popularity in the eighties.Higgins had a reputation as an unpredictable and difficult character. He was a heavy smoker, struggled with drinking and gambling, and admitted to using cocaine and marijuana. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, Higgins was found dead in his Belfast home on 24 July read more

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