Heidi Burge Horton dies at 54, basketball legend inspired Disney Channel movie 'Double Teamed'

Former Virginia standout and WNBA forward Heidi Burge Horton died this past Monday at the age of 54.

Heidi Burge Horton, California basketball star who inspired Disney movie, dies at 54

Heidi and her twin Heather inspired a Disney Channel movie in the early 2000s.

Heidi Burge Horton, college and WNBA star who inspired Disney movie, dead at 54

Heidi Burge Horton, a women’s college basketball star and WNBA player who was the inspiration for the Disney Channel movie ...

Former College Basketball Star Heidi Burge Horton, Who Inspired Disney’s “Double Teamed”, Dies at 54

Horton and her twin sisters’ basketball careers at the University of Virginia inspired the 2002 Disney Channel film ...

Heidi Burge Horton, WNBA Star and Inspiration for Disney’s ‘Double Teamed,’ Dies at 54

Horton's life and career inspired a popular 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie.

Disney Genuinely Never Expected High School Musical to Work as a Movie, and Then It Became the Channel’s Single Biggest Original Hit Ever Made

On January 20, 2006, a Disney Channel movie about a basketball captain who secretly wants to sing pulled in 7.7 million viewers over its premiere weekend, according to Disney’s own account of the film ...
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Former college basketball star Heidi Burge Horton, whose career inspired Disney movie, dead at 54

A former University of Virginia women's college basketball player, who inspired a Disney Channel original movie, has died at ...

Heidi Burge Horton, women’s basketball star who inspired Disney Channel movie, dies at 54

Heidi Burge Horton, a women’s basketball star at the University of Virginia who, with her twin sister, inspired the Disney ...