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The Prisoner is still a great television series fifty years after it first aired.
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Given the way women and girls are still treated by our society, it is no wonder so many young girls are depressed.
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Obituary: Famed boxer Jake LaMotta, 96, has died. His fiancee of 25 years said he had died of dysphagia pneumonia at a nursing home. He died yesterday.
He was the subject of the famous film Raging Bull, a film that starred Robert DeNiro as LaMotta. It was popular with the public and with critics, but my dad absolutely hated it.
Born July 10, 1921, LaMotta began fighting when he was just a child, made to do so by his father to help support the family – he'd fight other neighborhood children and adult spectators would throw change into the ring. By 19, LaMotta had honed his skills enough to go pro.
LaMotta was an aggressive fighter with a brutal style that earned him the nicknames "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull." Among his early fights was a legendary series against Sugar Ray Robinson, beginning in 1942. LaMotta lost their first bout but won their second – he was the first ever to defeat Robinson. Robinson would win four subsequent fights with LaMotta.
Why is everybody saying he was 95 years old but said he was born in 1921? That is 96 years old.
In any case, he had a long life, longer than most boxers.
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No matter the culture, sex roles are poison.
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