Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, aka 'The Bronx Bull', is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life was as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it.

Later life

Another plane crash would affect LaMotta's life in 1998, when his son, Joseph LaMotta, a noted chef, died in the Swissair flight that crashed in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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1998 - Joseph LaMotta - Swissair flight - Nova Scotia - Canada

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Today, LaMotta does many tours across the United States to banquets and lectures he holds, and a series of books about his life, his fights with Robinson and other matters about his life have been published. LaMotta is also an avid autograph signer.

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He is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

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