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Birth name: Joseph Louis Barrow
Nickname: "Brown Bomber”
Birth date: May 13, 1914
Birth place: Lafayette, Alabama
Death date: April 12, 1981
Death place: Las Vegas, Nevada
Burial location: Arlington National Cemetery
Height: 6’1 ˝”
Weight: 197 pounds
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Parents: Munroe Barrow and Lillie (Reese) Barrow;
Patrick Brooks (stepfather)
Siblings: Susie, Lonnie, Eulalia, Emmarell,
DeLeon, Alvanius, Joseph Louis and Vunice
Children: Jacqueline Barrow (1943) and Joseph
Louis Barrow Jr. (1947); Louis adopted four children during his third
marriage (with Martha Jefferson).
Spouses: Marva Trotter, 1935 (divorced, 1945;
remarried, 1948; divorced, 1948); Rose Morgan, 1955 (divorced, 1957);
Martha Malone Jefferson, 1959.
Occupation: Boxer
Nationality: American
Hobbies: Watching baseball games (especially
the Detroit Tigers), horseback riding and cabinet making. Became a celebrity
greeter in Caesar's Palace
in Las Vegas after retiring from boxing.
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