[1] Daniel Freeman Hospital, Inglewood, CA.
Brother: Ronald Higgins
Wife: Mauricina Altier Higgins (m. 1959, div. 1986, three sons)
Son: Ronald (with Mauricina)
Son: William Jr. (with Mauricina)
Son: David (with Mauricina)
Son: Joseph Walker (stepson, son of Mauricina)
Girlfriend: Mary Livingston (?)
Daughter: Heidi (?)
Daughter: Ricky (?)
Son: Benjamin (?)
The Ornette Coleman Quartet Drummer (1958-60)
Grammy 1987 (instrumental composition, with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Wayne Shorter)
NEA Jazz Master 1997
Liver Transplant
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician (12-Mar-2001) · Jazz Drums
'Round Midnight (12-Sep-1986)