Heavyweight Boxing Champ, Olympian, and Businessman George Foreman Dead at 76

According to CBS boxing legend George Foreman, a two-time heavyweight champion, entrepreneur, author, and minister, passed away at age 76.

Known as “Big George,” Foreman won the heavyweight gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and became a professional champion by defeating Joe Frazier in 1973.

He made a historic comeback in 1994 to become the oldest man to win a world heavyweight championship. Foreman’s legacy also includes the popular George Foreman Grill, which sold over 100 million units worldwide.


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