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Article: Legendary World Champion Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson Dies at Age 67
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- The Washington Post
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- April 13, 1989
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Sugar Ray Robinson, 67, a world champion fighter whose lightning
fists and unparalleled footwork made him a boxing legend, died
yesterday at a hospital in Los Angeles.
Mr. Robinson, who dominated the ring with his speed and style
during the 1940s and 1950s, died about 15 minutes after being
admitted to the emergency room at Brotman Medical Center. The
Associated Press reported that he had suffered from Alzheimer's
disease, diabetes and hypertension.
A former world welterweight and middleweight champion, Mr.
Robinson was generally considered to have been the best fighter
pound-for-pound in boxing history. In 1977, the boxing writers of
America voted him the best fighter of all time.
In a ...