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Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.
May 8, 1932 in St. Francis County, Arkansas, USA
December 12, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 30, 1933 in Griffin, Georgia, USA
20 April 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
30 June 1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1938, New York City, New York, USA
4 January 1935, Waco, North Carolina, USA
1968 in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
11 February 1931, Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 25, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
7 May 1967, South Africa
