R.I.P. Alex Higgins

I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I know the first thing about snooker. But I tell you what, give me a compilation of great shots set to Eye of the Tiger, via the Spoiler, and an obituary that begins with the paragraph below, from the Guardian, and I'm already starting to miss Alex Higgins, even though I'm only learning about him this second.

The snooker player Alex Higgins, who has died aged 61, led a life clouded by drunkenness, drug abuse, gambling, violence and tempestuous personal relationships. Yet for many of his fellow players and millions of fans, hooked on snooker with the advent of colour television, he will be forever viewed as a flawed sporting genius whose rock'n'roll lifestyle and brushes with officialdom made him all the more appealing, while a sometimes astonishing natural talent allowed him to brush aside more staid opponents and carried him to two world snooker titles.