--- description: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 76, was falsely imprisoned for 19 years on later-overturned triple murder charges title: The Incredible Life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, in photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5b483863d6147b/69868b8336176079dd90b930/ap641213068.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rubin Carter, Wrongly Imprisoned and Later Freed by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 4:51 PM CUT  Rubin Carter, middleweight challenger, Dec. 13,1964 Rubin Carter, middleweight challenger, Dec. 13,1964AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 4:51 PM CUT  Rubin Carter, middleweight challenger, Dec. 13,1964 AP  Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, left, knocks out Italian boxer Fabio Bettini in the 10th and last round of their fight at the Falais Des Sports in Paris, Feb. 23, 1965. AP  Boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter talks to people picketing on his behalf outside the Passaic County Court. Clarence Davis—NY Daily News/Getty Images  A view of the sleeve cover photograph of rock singer and songwriter Bob Dylan's 45 RPM single 'Hurricane,' showing boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter in a fighting stance Getty Images  Former middleweight boxing contender Rubin "Hurricane" Carter waves and celebrates on the street after receiving his release from the New Jersey prison system in New York City after his conviction was overturned, Feb. 29, 1988. Ezio Petersen—Bettmann/Corbis  From left, Denzel Wahington, Rubin Carter, and Evander Holyfield at the premier of The Hurricane, a film starring Denzel Washington on the life of Rubin Carter, Dec. 14 1999 in Los Angeles. Fred Prouser—Reuters  Carter posing at the Park Sheraton in Sydney, Feb. 15, 2010. Lee Besford—EPA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/69507/rubin-carter-hurricane-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/69507/rubin-carter-hurricane-dead/"},"headline":"Rubin Carter, Wrongly Imprisoned and Later Freed","datePublished":"2014-04-20T16:51:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:27.578Z","description":"Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 76, was falsely imprisoned for 19 years on later-overturned triple murder charges","url":"https://time.com/69507/rubin-carter-hurricane-dead/","keywords":["hurricane","Bob Dylan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5b483863d6147b/69868b8336176079dd90b930/ap641213068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a5b483863d6147b/69868b8336176079dd90b930/ap641213068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"RUBIN CARTER","caption":"RUBIN CARTER","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/69507/rubin-carter-hurricane-dead/","name":"Rubin Carter, Wrongly Imprisoned and Later Freed"}}]}] ```