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norther practitioner
02-04-2005, 10:22 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=567&e=4&u=/ap/box_obit_schmeling

tough son of a b

99 dude.. thats a long time to live after getting pounded
Shaolinlueb
02-04-2005, 10:36 AM
the guy who fought joe louis. ****, 99 is a long time. his spirit will live on in people though.
SaekSan
02-04-2005, 10:38 AM
That sucks... I was just watching the documentary on Joe Louis and him on PBS last week.

He lived through some tough times and faced some tough choices.
norther practitioner
02-04-2005, 10:55 AM
the nazi's tried to use him for all sorts of prop too.
Pork Chop
02-04-2005, 11:11 AM
He was one of the good guys...

He and the Nazis definitely weren't friends; not with a Jewish manager and a Czech wife.

He helped out some Jewish folks at a time that it meant death.

Good guy, wish I'd met 'im.
SaekSan
02-04-2005, 11:32 AM
yup, although he did what he needed to do to survive during those time.

He harbored the children of a Jewish friend for a while and he paid for Joe's funeral too.

He deserves to rest in peace...