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Digit
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject: Alex Higgins |
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I note that he has passed away.
Roy.
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Mattty
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Sad news. I met him once, he certainly lived life to the extreme.
RIP
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Alan Jones
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to hear that Roy . He was great to watch in his heyday. No doubt the drink did for him in the end 
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Digit
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Throat cancer Allan. The sad part is that he had been dead for some days before his body was found.
Alcohol was probably a contributing factor to his cancer.
I have been reading the Fred Dibnah story, he too died of cancer, initially kidney and bladder.
He was known to drink upto 16 pints of Guinness per day!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Oh pipper.
Alex was my favourite player to watch.
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Paul Chapman
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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One of the all-time great players. Sad to see him go
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Mike.C
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Paul Chapman wrote: | One of the all-time great players. Sad to see him go
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The Hurricane. I agree one of the very best.
Sadly one of his friends fellow Ulsterman George Best also liked a drink, and it was this that intertfered with both of their games and private lives. If only 
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Benchwayze
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I managed to see him at the last big event in Sheffield, a few months ago.
I am no raving snooker fanatic, although I like the game; I always felt that HH was a joy to watch.
Very sad news and my thoughts are with his family.
John
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