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Final bell for Philly legend

Joe Frazier, the son of a South Carolina sharecropper who punched meat in a Philadelphia slaughterhouse before Rocky, won Olympic gold, and beat an undefeated Muhammad Ali to become one of the all-time heavyweight greats, died on Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 67.

Joe Frazier died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/Staff file photo)
Joe Frazier died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/Staff file photo)Read more
    by Don Steinberg, Inquirer Staff Writer
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