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You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black
Joe Frazier
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Joe Frazier
Age: 67 †
Born: 1944
Born: January 12
Died: 2011
Died: November 7
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Beaufort
South Carolina
Joseph William Frazier
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