Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Tommy Morrison Has Died

Tommy Morrison, who was the protégé of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in the 1990 movie “Rocky V” and defeated George Foreman to capture a heavyweight boxing championship, but was banned from the ring in 1996 when he tested positive for H.I.V., died this weekend in Omaha. He was 44.

Posted by ent lawyer at 6:00 AM

12 comments:

  1. MISCH6:03 AM

    Wow, how awful....

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  2. Count Jerkula6:17 AM

    Dude lied about the HIV to box in the 2000s. No sympathy for that. He put the ref and his opponent at risk. So long.

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  3. Anonymous6:23 AM

    Selfish fucker.

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  4. fuzzygalored6:35 AM

    He denied the HIV till his death

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  5. Count Jerkula6:54 AM

    @j kav: August 23 ESPN story, his momma said he was dying of full blown AIDS.

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  6. lazyday6037:36 AM

    He looks like Channing Tatum if Channing Tatum had shared Melanie Griffith's plastic surgeon. There's an echo of Channing in that photo much like there is still a faint echo of Melanie Griffith behind the talking mask that spoke to Letterman last week.

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  7. Anonymous9:17 AM

    Wasn't he a distant relative of John Wayne?

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  8. JoElla9:31 AM

    Yes he was Syko.

    I always had a soft spot for him. Not the fact he hid his HVI status, but he did have talent at one point.

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  9. auntliddy11:13 AM

    Aids sucks. Still a stigma over a disease that could happen to anyone.

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  10. Barton Fink11:20 AM

    For a long time he was beguiled by the HIV denialists and he ws then persuaded not to take medication for years and years, and his early death is a result of that nonsense and those purveyers of falsehood, as well as his own stupidity and thoughtlessness. It's a sad story all in all!

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  11. jaariel9:09 PM

    I'm so late seeing this story, but RIP Tommy Gunn. I had a major crush on him. Guess I still do. Certain men just do it for me, and he's one. And I didn't know about the HIV. I'm totally in shock. This is sad.

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