Freddie Mills

Freddie Mills, (June 26 1919 Parkstone, Poole, England - July 25 1965 London, England ) was a British boxer.

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June 26 - 1919 - Parkstone - Poole - England - July 25 - 1965 - London - British

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The world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950, Mills became in retirement a London nightclub owner and friend of the Krays, who were two crime leaders.

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1948 - 1950 - Krays

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He was, like so many Kray 'associates', found shot in the head, in Soho in 1965. The police said suicide, but several lurid theories sprang up: such as that Mills, married with children, had been arrested in a public toilet and charged with homosexual indecency; or that his suicide was staged by Chinese gangsters who were after his club. A recent book even claimed Mills had murdered eight prostitutes found in the Thames between 1959 and 1965 (the so-called "Jack the Stripper" killings), then killed himself when the net began to tighten.

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Soho - 1965 - Thames - Jack the Stripper

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