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Sam Solomon

Age: 83

trained some of boxing's top heavyweights, including Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks and Sonny Liston; former amateur boxer and catcher in the Negro Leagues; became a trainer in 1950 and retired in 1988; worked after his retirement with kids at the Haddington Recreation Center in Philadelphia; of heart failure

Died: Philadelphia, Dec. 13, 1998

Joseph Sobek

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Billy Soose