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Thread #78064 Message #1400664
Posted By: Flash Company
06-Feb-05 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: OBIT: Max Schmeling, at 99
Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Max Schmeling, at 99
DT obit actually says that Max paid for Joe Louis' funeral. I saw a TV programme about the fights and the aftermath. As I recall Goebbals dropped him PDQ after he lost the second fight. Pity he didn't manage the extra year!