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Leon Spinks
Dead
Born: 7/11/1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, USADied: 2/5/2021
Age: 67
Cause of death: cancer
Noted For: boxer; defeated Muhammad Ali to become heavyweight champion (1978); lost to Ali in a rematch that same year.
Also see this person's photo entry in our Dead or Alive Data Base.
