SBS | Dean Higgins saves wife and friends in Tibet, dies of hypothermia The Australian SOUTH Australian Dean Higgins is being hailed a hero after he died trying to save his wife and two companions, who were trapped in an avalanche while trekking in Tibet. It is understood three others, believed to be yak herders, died in the avalanche. Australian man Dean Higgins dies after digging himself out of Everest avalanche Adelaide man Dean Higgins killed in avalanche in Tibet, wife Wendy trapped ... Australian man Dean Higgins dies after being buried in Everest avalanche |