Jake LaMotta, boxing's 'Raging Bull,' dies in his 90s

 

FILE PHOTO: Boxer Jake "The Raging Bull" LaMotta tips his hat to the crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York in this April 7, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Teddy Blackburn/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Jake LaMotta, the brutish former boxing champion whose life of violence in and out of the ring was portrayed in the movie "Raging Bull," died on Tuesday, according to one of his daughters.

 

LaMotta, who admitted intentionally losing a fight at the behest of mobsters, was in his 90s, listing his birthday as July 10, 1922, while other sources had the year as 1921. His daughter Christi LaMotta announced the death on her personal Facebook page on Tuesday, as did other relatives, but did not disclose the cause of death. TMZ reported that LaMotta died in a nursing home after suffering pneumonia.

 

( The story corrects timing of his daughter's announcement of death to Tuesday, not Wednesday in paragraph two.)

 

(Writing and reporting by Bill Trott; Additional reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Diane Craft and Matthew Lewis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-21

The guy took huge amounts of punishment when he was fighting, it's amazes me he managed to reach his 90s without suffering from dementia. Many others weren't so lucky, Muhammad Ali being the most famous example.

On 22/9/2560 at 2:50 AM, nausea said:

The guy took huge amounts of punishment when he was fighting, it's amazes me he managed to reach his 90s without suffering from dementia. Many others weren't so lucky, Muhammad Ali being the most famous example.

He had a colorful life and 7 wives, one was special beautiful and young 16,  Vikki - which was a Playboy Playmate with 51!  

 

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Edited September 27, 20178 yr by ALFREDO