| LC control no. | no 00091023 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Norton, Ken |
| Variant(s) | Florence, Kenneth Howard Norton, Kenneth Howard |
| Located | Irvine (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1943-08-09 |
| Death date | 2013-09-18 |
| Place of birth | Jacksonville (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Henderson (Nev.) |
| Field of activity | Boxing |
| Affiliation | Northeast Missouri State University United States. Marine Corps Ken Norton Personal Management Co. (Irvine, Calif.) Ken Norton's Restaurant & Night Club (Irvine, Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Boxers (Sports) Actors Marines Businesspeople |
| Found in | Going the distance, c2000: t.p. (Ken Norton) p. 6 (b. Kenneth Howard Florence, 8/9/43; name changed to Norton when mother married, 1947) p. 69 (became North American Boxing Federation heavyweight champion, 1973) New York times (online), viewed Sept. 19, 2013 (in obituary published Sept. 18: Ken Norton; Kenneth Howard Norton; b. Aug. 9, 1943, Jacksonville, Ill.; d. Wednesday [Sept. 18, 2013], Henderson, Nev., aged 70; fought three memorable fights with Muhammad Ali, breaking his jaw in winning their first bout, then losing twice; went on to become the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion) African American National Biography, accessed March 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Norton, Kenneth (Ken) Howard; boxer, actor, marine, entrepreneur; born 09 August 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois; United States; star in football, baseball, track and field in high school; had a football scholarship from Northeast Missouri State University; enlisted in U.S. Marine Corps (1964) and joined the boxing team and the squad winning All-Marine Championship three years in a row; became a professional boxer, trained by Eddie Futch, Southern California, (1967); won 17 fights in a row before being matched at San Diego Sports Arena (1973); was a celebrity during mid-1970s, quit sport in 1981; made TV appearances as actor, broadcaster; sports agent; formed Ken Norton Personal Management Co. (1983); opened Ken Norton's Restaurant & Night club, in Irvine, California (1999); became a broadcaster for Showtime cable TV network; died 18 September 2013 in Henderson, Nevada, outside of Las Vegas) |
| Associated language | eng |
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