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Caption: Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor at S.P. Station in Los Angeles as they head off to New York for his comeback fight 06-17-1927. From the Sheryl Deauville Collection.
About William Harrison Dempsey
Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew
Born: June 24, 1895
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 6' 0¾" (1.85 m)
Known for: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), Will He Conquer Dempsey? (1923), The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), Daredevil Jack (1920)
Source: IMDB
Jack Dempsey's life story could have been a Hollywood script. Born to a dirt-poor farming family, young Dempsey took up boxing with his older brother. Turning professional under the name Kid Blackie, Dempsey fought in saloons, coal-mining towns, back allies, lumberjack camps, and numerous hick and tank towns around the United States. Pocessing ...
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