Facts: - sport: professional jockey , media commentator - death place: melbourne , australia - birth name: roy henry higgins - death date: 08 march 2014 - retired: 1983 - nickname: the professor - birth date: 5 june 1938 - name: roy higgins - birth place: koondrook , victoria , australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roy higgins .
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roy henry higgins mbe -lrb- 5 june 19388 march 2014 -rrb- was an australian jockey who rode from the late 1950s to the early 1980s .his talent in the saddle was to later earn him the nickname '' the professor '' .