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- Alex_Higgins abstract "Alexander Gordon \"Alex\" Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play, he was World Champion in 1972 and 1982, and runner-up in 1976,1980 and 1983. He won the UK Championship in 1983 and the Masters in 1978 and 1981, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown. He was also World Doubles champion with Jimmy White in 1984, and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team.Higgins came to be known as the \"People's Champion\" because of his popularity, and is often credited with having brought the game of snooker to a wider audience, contributing to its peak in popularity in the 1980s. He had a reputation as an unpredictable and difficult character. His 69 amazing clearance in the World snooker championship 1982 is still the most famous clearance in the history of Snooker. He was a heavy smoker, struggled with drinking and gambling, and admitted to using cocaine and marijuana. First diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, Higgins died of the illness in his Belfast home on 24 July 2010.".
- Alex_Higgins activeYearsEndYear "1997".
- Alex_Higgins activeYearsStartYear "1971".
- Alex_Higgins alias "Hurricane".
- Alex_Higgins birthDate "1949-03-18".
- Alex_Higgins birthPlace Belfast.
- Alex_Higgins birthPlace Northern_Ireland.
- Alex_Higgins centuryBreaks "79".
- Alex_Higgins deathDate "2010-07-24".
- Alex_Higgins deathPlace Belfast.
- Alex_Higgins deathPlace Northern_Ireland.
- Alex_Higgins gross "711999.0".
- Alex_Higgins highestBreak "142".
- Alex_Higgins highestRank "1982".
- Alex_Higgins highestRank "2".
- Alex_Higgins otherWins "23".
- Alex_Higgins rankingWins "1".
- Alex_Higgins sportCountry Northern_Ireland.
- Alex_Higgins thumbnail Alex_Higgins.jpg?width=300.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageExternalLink global-snooker-legends-player-information-alex-higgins.asp.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageExternalLink www.alexhurricanehiggins.com.
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageLength "46182".
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageOutDegree "105".
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageRevisionID "707546384".
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1972_World_Snooker_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1976_World_Snooker_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1978_Masters_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1980_World_Snooker_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1981_Masters_(snooker).
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1983_UK_Championship_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1984_UK_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1988_Grand_Prix_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1990_World_Snooker_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Belfast.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Blackburn.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink British_Open_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Masters.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:1949_births.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:2010_deaths.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_people_convicted_of_assault.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Deaths_from_cancer_in_Northern_Ireland.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Deaths_from_esophageal_cancer.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Masters_(snooker)_champions.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Snooker_players_from_Northern_Ireland.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sportspeople_from_Belfast.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_champions_(snooker).
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Clive_Everton.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Cue_sports_techniques.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Dennis_Taylor.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Donegall_Road.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Fergal_OBrien.
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Jimmy_White.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Delaney_(snooker_player).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink John_Parrott.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink John_Spencer_(snooker_player).
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink John_Virgo.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Ken_Doherty.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink List_of_snooker_player_nicknames.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink List_of_world_snooker_champions.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Masters_(snooker).
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Oliver_Reed.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Oral_cancer.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Pneumonia.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Pound_sterling.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Radiation_therapy.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Ray_Reardon.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Ronnie_OSullivan.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Sandy_Row.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Snooker.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1977.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink 1983.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_Hendry.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Steve_Davis.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Steve_James_(snooker_player).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Terry_Griffiths.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink The_Story_of_Snooker.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Tolly_Cobbold_Classic.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Triple_Crown_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink UK_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink United_Reformed_Church.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Weakest_Link.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink Willie_Thorne.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink World_Cup_(snooker).
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink World_Doubles_Championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink World_Open_(snooker).
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- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink World_championship.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink YMCA.
- Alex_Higgins wikiPageWikiLink File:Alexhiggins1968.jpg.