| LC control no. | no2008116342 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spinks, Leon, Jr., 1953-2021 |
| Variant(s) | Spinks, Leon, 1953- Spinks, Lee, 1953-2021 |
| Other standard no. | 21961368 Q471824 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1953-07-11 |
| Death date | 2021-02-05 |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Henderson (Nev.) |
| Field of activity | Boxers (Sports) Olympic athletes |
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| Found in | Leon Spinks and me, 2008: t.p. (Leon Spinks) p. ix (Leon; Lee) p. 4 of cover (Leon Spinks, Jr.; Olympic gold medalist, former light heavyweight, heavyweight and cruiserweight champion of the world) p. 79 (married Betty, July 1988) OCLC, Aug. 11, 2008 (hdg.: Spinks, Leon; Spinks, Leon, 1953- ; usage: Leon Spinks) Wikipedia, Aug. 11, 2008 (Leon Spinks; b. July 11, 1953, St. Louis, Mo.; former boxer) New York times, Feb. 8, 2021: in an obituary on page B7 (Leon Spinks Jr., born July 11, 1953 in St. Louis [Mo.], died Friday [Feb. 5] in Henderson, Nev., aged 67; scored one of boxing's greatest upsets when he defeated Muhammad Ali to capture the heavyweight championship in February 1978, but lost his crown in a rematch seven months later and never again found glory in the ring; burst into view when he won the Olympic light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Games) |
| Not found in | ISNI, 14 Feb. 2021 |
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