John Virgo's final words on BBC as sporting world mourns loss of 'the voice of snooker'

Cristiana Gigina

John Virgo's last words on the BBC were a tribute to Kyren Wilson after the Masters final in mid-January. The veteran snooker commentator has now died, at 79, weeks later, as confirmed on Wednesday morning . Wilson beat the two-time champion John Higgins at Alexandra Palace a year after losing to Shaun Murphy . He was the first player since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2016 and 2017 to reach back-to-back Masters finals, and finally won the second Triple Crown event after twice being runner-up. Virgo

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