May 18, 1954 – Cincinnati's Ezzard Charles trains for a heavyweight title fight with Rocky Marciano to be held in June. Charles, the Cincinnati Cobra, went the distance but lost on points. He was also a double bass player, who played with some of the nation's jazz greats at Birdland in Harlem. He died in 1975 at 53 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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