Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta, former boxer whose life was subject of Raging Bull, dies aged 95

Bryan Armen Graham

Wed 20 September 2017

 

Jake LaMotta, the Bronx boxer who captured the world middleweight championship in 1949 and whose turbulent life was later the subject of the 1980 film Raging Bull, died on Tuesday because of complications from pneumonia. He was 95.