Hurricane Higgins

Alexander "Hurricane" Higgins, a professional snooker player, was born on 18 March 1949 and died on 20 July 2010 at the age of 61. He won 22 titles and two of those were World Champion; he also was a World Doubles Champion with  Jimmy White. Hurricane Higgins was credited with getting snooker to a wider audience. He won the Masters twice against Cliff Thorburn and Terry Griffiths, and in 1989 he won the Irish Masters against Stephan Hendry. In Clive Everton's TV documentary, Higgins was stated to be "one true genius that snooker has produced" although Willie Thorne said that he wasn't a great player.