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July 19, 2010 • Andalucia, Malaga, Sport • 2 Comments
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• ILL: Former snooker legend Higgins in his heyday (left) and today (right) |
FRAIL snooker legend Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins has been refused life-saving treatment by a Marbella clinic.
The 61-year-old champion was declared too weak to undergo surgery for new teeth after failing medical tests on the Costa del Sol.
Higgins – who lost his teeth after intensive radiotherapy to treat throat cancer – is dangerously thin.
Following the disappointment, former bad boy Higgins was spotted drinking rum and chain-smoking in Cabopino, where he was staying at a friend’s house.
An onlooker said: “The whole week I barely saw him eat a morsel of food.
“He was quite rude and insulting to people who tried to help him. It’s sad.”
His diet consists of mashed food and the surgery was seen as a crucial step forward in Higgins’ recovery.
Higgins won two world snooker titles.
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A chain smoking man who had treatment for throat cancer? I can’t quite see how new teeth could be a “crucial step forward in Higgins’ recovery.”
better to be a has been than a never was.good luck to him