“Hurricane Higgins” was the nickname for Alexander Gordon Higgins. He died at the age of 61 years old. He was from Northern Ireland. His doubles partner was Jimmy White. Higgins beat Cliff Thorburn and Terry Griffiths to win the Masters in 1978.He was credited with introducing snooker to a wider audience in the eighties. He won 20 other titles through his career. In 2002 Steve Davis described Higgins’ story in Clive Everton's TV documentary. His style was described as the “one true genius that snooker has produced”. Higgins played against Davis and Ray Reardon.
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