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- He grew up there in poor circumstances, got on the wrong track as a child and became enthusiastic about boxing at an early age. At the age of 14, Patterson began boxing. At the beginning of the 1950s he initially pursued an amateur career in the middleweight division. From 1951 to 1952 he was US champion in this weight class. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, at the age of 17, he won the gold medal. Immediately after winning the Olympics, Patterson began his career in professional boxing. After a few victorious fights, he won by knockout in the fifth round against Archie Moore in 1956. of this: This brought him - at the age of 21 as the youngest heavyweight champion - the world heavyweight title.
Patterson was able to successfully defend his world title four times. In 1959 he lost to the Swedish challenger Ingemar Johansson, who became the new world champion. The following year, Patterson knocked out Johansson in the rematch, regaining the world title. The world champion was subsequently able to defend his title several times - including again against Johansson in 1961 - only to lose it in September 1962 to Sonny Liston, whom he defeated by knockout. lost in the first round. After losing his world championship title, Patterson continued his professional career until the early 1970s.
In 1965 he took on the newly crowned world champion Muhammad Ali, but he was knocked out in the 12th round. succumbed. On September 20, 1972, Patterson was in the ring for his last fight, which he won by knockout. lost again to Ali in the seventh round. Patterson lived in New Paltz, New York. In his professional career he had won 55 times in a total of 63 encounters, 40 of which were by knockout. After retiring from sports, he served as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission for many years.
Floyd Patterson died on May 11, 2006 in New York. - Director
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Carolee Schneemann was born on 12 October 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a director and actress, known for Infinity Kisses: The Movie (2009), Fuses (1967) and Body Collage (1967). She was married to James Tenney and Anthony McCall. She died on 6 March 2019 in New Paltz, New York, USA.- Actress
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Cora Bennett was born on 7 July 1952 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952), Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) and Reggie Little at Large (1953). She was married to Adam LeFevre. She died on 26 January 2008 in New Paltz, New York, USA.- Actor
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Tex Fletcher was born Geremino Bisceglia in Harrison, New York, the fifth of eight children. His parents, Michael (a stonemason) and Josephine, were Italian immigrants. Tex left home at age 15, joined a circus and traveled across the US and Canada. He settled in South Dakota, where he learned to handle horses and cattle, becoming a "real" cowboy. He returned to New York in the early 1930s, taking a job as a singing cowboy on radio station WFAS in White Plains. He eventually landed a job as the Cowboy Answer Man on WWOR radio in New Jersey. It was the height of the "singing cowboy" craze and Tex was heard by some Hollywood talent scouts. After one screen test, he was signed by Grand National Pictures, a "B" studio, to do a series of lower-budget westerns. However, soon after the completion of the first one, Six-Gun Rhythm (1939), Grand National went belly-up, leaving the only existing prints of the film unreleased. Tex literally "took the bull by the horns" and set out on a one-man promotional tour for the film of the Northeast US. He personally booked and traveled to each movie theater, opening the showing with a couple of songs, showing the film and then signing autographs for fans after the film was over. After this, however, Tex had no taste for Hollywood anymore and turned down all subsequent offers from other production companies to continue the series.
During World War II Tex served in the military, reaching the rank of sergeant. At the end of the war he married, and he and his wife eventually had five children: Robert, Jayne, Kathy, George and Michael. He returned to radio, night clubs (Village Barn, Manhattan) and television (ABC, NBC, WOR), and released his last album in 1964, having recorded during his career for London, Decca, Dakota and others.- Sarah Stackhouse was born on 19 March 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was married to Leonardo Seeber. She died on 7 January 2024 in New Paltz, New York, USA.
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Beth Cramer was born on 5 September 1967 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Beth was a director and cinematographer, known for Plan B: Single Women Choosing Motherhood (2009). Beth was married to Todd Mathews. Beth died on 10 September 2023 in New Paltz, New York, USA.