Boxing: LaMotta ‘Raging Bull’ dies in his 90s

Author: Agencies

LONDON: Jake LaMotta, the British former boxing champion whose life of violence in and out of the ring was portrayed in the movie “Raging Bull,” died on Wednesday, 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 Wednesday, as did other relatives, but did not disclose the cause of death. TMZ reported that LaMotta died in a nursing home after suffering pneumonia.

Published in Daily Times, September 22nd 2017.

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