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Jake LaMotta, left, in a bout against Sugar Ray Robinson on Feb. 23, 1945 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Robinson won the fight on a decision.
Matty Zimmerman/Associated Press; thumbnail, Associated Press, 1949
Jake LaMotta
Died on September 19, 2017 at age 95
Mr. LaMotta, boxing’s “Raging Bull,” brawled his way to the middleweight championship in a life of unbridled fury within the ring and outside it, and became the subject of an acclaimed film.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.