Bert Sugar

American boxing historian (1937–2012)

Bert Randolph Sugar (June 7, 1937 – March 25, 2012) was a boxing writer and sports historian.[1]

Bert Sugar
Sugar in 2010
Born
Herbert Randolph Sugar

June 7, 1937
DiedMarch 25, 2012(2012-03-25) (aged 74)
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
NationalityAmerican
EducationJD, MBA
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park,
University of Michigan
JD, MBA
Occupation(s)Boxing writer,
sports historian
Years active1968 – 2012
SpouseSuzanne Sugar
ChildrenJennifer Frawley,
J.B. Sugar
AwardsInternational Boxing Hall of Fame, Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Biography

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Career

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Sugar also appeared in several movies playing himself, including Night and the City, The Great White Hype and Rocky Balboa. Interviews with Sugar feature in Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Sugar had been referred to as "Runyonesque" (in reference to Damon Runyon) by Bob Costas, and "one of the foremost historians alive," by the Boston Globe. Along with Lou Albano, he helped write The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling. He wrote a regular sports column for Smoke Magazine.

A cigar-smoker most of his life, Sugar died from cardiac arrest on March 25, 2012. His family was at his bedside in Northern Westchester Medical Center in Mount Kisco, New York. He had spent his remaining years battling lung cancer.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Iconic Boxing Writer And Historian Bert Sugar Has Died". Newyork.cbslocal.com. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

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