Jake LaMotta
Chronology
1921 | Born July 10 in New York, New York |
1941 | Turns pro |
1947 | Throws fight with Billy Fox |
1949 | Wins world middleweight title from French champion Marcel Cerdan |
1951 | Loses title to "Sugar" Ray Robinson |
1954 | Final fight, a loss to Billy Kilgore |
1950s | Becomes owner of a Miami Beach bar |
1958 | Serves six months on a chain gang in Dade County, Florida for corrupting the morals of a minor |
1960 | Testifies before Kefauver Committee, admitting to taking dive in 1947 |
1970 | Publishes autobiography Raging Bull: My Story |
1970s | Begins to perform standup comedy routines in New York |
1981 | Film adaptation of Raging Bull, is released |
1998 | Son Jack dies of liver cancer |
1998 | Son Joseph killed in crash of Swissair Flight 111 |
1998 | Sues Swissair, Delta, McDonnell-Douglas, and Boeing for $125 million |
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