Denzel Washington played him in the movie Hurricane, based on his life and wrongful murder convivtion. Boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, passed away from prostate cancer this weekend.Carter spent 19 years in prison for 3 murders in Patterson N.J. in 1966. In 1985 the convictions were overturned after years of appeals and public outcry. John Artis, convicted with Carter for the murders was Carter’s caregiver.