Rubin Carter Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$500,000

Rubin Carter had a net worth of $500 thousand dollars. Despite his fame as a middleweight boxer, his career began to decline in the mid-60s, but he is most widely remembered for being arrested and imprisoned for a triple homicide in New Jersey, a case that was finally thrown out in 1985, 18 years after the original trial.

Key facts:

Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer who achieved a ranking of the 3rd best middleweight fighter in the US in the early 196s.

During his boxing career, Carter fought 40 bouts and won 27 of them, 19 by knock out.

Rubin Carter was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned for a triple homicide in New Jersey, even though there was no evidence against him and no eyewitnesses recognized him.

The case against Carter was finally thrown out in 1985, 18 years after the original trial, highlighting the injustice he faced.

Carter's story gained widespread attention thanks to the Bob Dylan song "Hurricane", which shed light on his wrongful imprisonment. Years later, his story was further popularized through a movie starring Denzel Washington.

Basic Information About Rubin Carter

Category	Athletes › Boxers
Professions	Professional Boxer, Public speaker, Author
Net worth	$500,000
Date of birth	1937-05-06
Place of birth	Clifton
Date of death	2014-04-20 (aged 76)
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Author: Rubin Carter
Date taken: Taken on 18 May 1958

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Author: Farragutful
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Date taken: 6 September 2018, 13:14:16

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