The popular Welshman died on Friday night from cancer
Ray Reardon and Alex Higgins. Six-time world champion Ray Reardon has died at the age of 91. Photograph: PA/PA WireSnooker has lost one of its greats following the death of six-time world champion Ray Reardon at the age of 91.
Compatriot and three-time world champion Mark Williams told the World Snooker Tour’s official website: “Ray is one of the best sports people ever from Wales and the best snooker player. He’s one of the reasons why a lot of us started playing. White paid his own tribute in a post on X which read: “Gutted to hear my very good friend Ray Reardon has passed away. A total class act and very kind to me when I was making my way in the game. A giant of the game. Rest in Peace, mate.”
Reardon’s first world championship campaign ended in a 25-24 quarter-final defeat by Fred Davis in 1969, but he won the title for the first time a year later and repeated the feat in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978, the last of his wins coming at the Crucible after the tournament’s move to the Sheffield venue 12 months earlier.
He retired in 1991, but continued to play into his nineties and compiled a century break in November last year.
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