Jake LaMotta, boxer who inspired 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film "Raging Bull," has died. He was 95.

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