Alex Higgins won a world title after stay in nursing home, ex-manager reveals
Dry stint did wayward snooker genius power of good ahead of famous 1982 win at The Crucible
Alex Higgins with baby daughter Lauren and then wife Lynne after winning the 1982 World Snooker Championship
Snooker ace Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins won his second world title thanks to a two-week stint in a nursing home, his former manager has claimed.
Harvey Lisberg, who took on the Belfast cueman as well as Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White after spells managing bands, said the hellraiser agreed to his plan to help him to dry out and get match fit.
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