Randolph Turpin
World Middleweight Champion 1951
RANDOLPH ADOLPHUS TURPIN
b. June 7, 1928
d. May 17, 1966
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WON
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LOST
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DRAWS
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KO'S
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A vintage autograph of world middleweight
champion Randy Turpin... Signed boldly in black fountain pen ink on illustrated
R.M.S. "Queen Mary" stationary
measures: 5 x 7"
condition: light horizontal and vertical fold, tack hole to upper right corner
$275
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In
retirement, the embittered Turpin realized that he had frittered
away most of his ring earnings and owed significant back taxes
to the British government. Turpin found work in his manager's
scrap yard. Later, he and his second wife operated a small
transport cafe. Eventually he filed for bankruptcy.
On May 14, 1966, Turpin received a final demand from the tax
authorities for a settlement. His cafe also faced condemnation
to make room for a garage. On May 17, Turpin took his
seventeen-month-old daughter, Carmen, to an attic bedroom, shot
her, and then shot and killed himself. Carmen survived. |
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James B. Roberts and Alexander G. Skutt
The Boxing Register
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