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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rubin_CarterRubin Carter - Wikipedia

    Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after almost 20 years in prison.

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      Jimmy Ellis (boxer) ... Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Don...

    • The Hurricane

      The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama...

  2. Feb 8, 2024 · Now 17% Off. $14 at Amazon. In 1999, widespread interest in the story of Carter was revived with a major motion picture, The Hurricane, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Washington. The...

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  3. Jan 14, 2000 · The Hurricane: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber. The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

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    • Norman Jewison
    • 2000-01-14
  4. Apr 3, 2019 · Carter turned professional boxer the day after being released from prison in September 1961. A year later, at the iconic Madison Square Garden, he needed just 69 seconds and one punch to knock...

  5. Apr 20, 2014 · Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, a star prizefighter whose career was cut short by a murder conviction in New Jersey and who became an international cause célèbre while imprisoned for 19 years before...

  6. Apr 20, 2014 · TORONTO (AP) — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, said Carter died in his sleep Sunday. Carter had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home.

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