7/12/2023 0 Comments De niro raging bullLaMotta’s long life belied a lengthy career in the ring which was notable for some of the most bruising battles the sport has ever seen. The De Niro-founded TriBeca Film Festival later posted a picture of the actor alongside LaMotta and the film’s director Martin Scorsese. ![]() Robert De Niro, who won an Oscar playing La Motta in the 1980 classic “Raging Bull,” led the tributes, saying in a statement: “Rest in peace, champ.” “I just want people to know, he was a great, sweet, sensitive, strong, compelling man with a great sense of humor, with eyes that danced,” Baker was quoted by TMZ as saying. LaMotta’s seventh wife, Denise Baker, told the TMZ.com website that the fighter died in a nursing home following complications from pneumonia. LaMotta, an iconic figure from boxing’s 1950s golden age best known for a brutal 6-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson, passed away on Tuesday, the boxer’s daughter Christi LaMotta said on Facebook. ![]() NEW YORK, USA (UPDATED) – Jake LaMotta, the legendary former world middleweight boxing champion whose wild life and times inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Raging Bull,” has died at age 95, his family announced Wednesday, September 20.
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