snooker star. Best - who was just 59 when he died in 2005 after losing his battle with the bottle - had a liver transplant in 2002.And while he was in hospital fellow Northern Ireland sports star Higgins popped in - and predicted he would live for many years to come.
Sports writer John Laverty, who addresses the subject in new book Malcolm Brodie And Me , said: “He was recovering from the transplant and the next thing he knew was that The Hurricane had breezed into the ward. “He never had time for him, he couldn’t stand him at all.
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