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Joe Louis Honored @Caesars Palace in 1980.


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--- Joe was pretty well mentally and physically gone by then as was Ali and Joe passed the next year.

 

I'm sure this sweet gesture was arranged by Frank Sinatra, but vid is packed with movie stars and other celebrities including boxers. A very portly SRRobinson is there, and a bit of irony in those two were very close in the army during WW2 and thereafter that Ray died on the same date, April 12th 8 years later.

 

Stars like Milton Berle may not be recognizable to younger members, but surely everyone knows who Cary Grant is! Some poor guy named Tony I think, one of the bum of the month club is front and center. I thought he was falling asleep but that's just a face that took too many punches and can barely talk. Joe looks rather grouchy with all the flash cameras making a mess of things with people asking him to say something. It was abuse of the elderly until Frank shows up to light up Joe and pushes his wheelchair through the crowd and so on and so forth. Here tis:

 

Joe Louis Honored by Celebrities at Caesars Palace – a Salute 1980 - YouTube

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcL1L1WHEp0

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