Names in the News - Nov. 6, 1987
Former heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott, 73, was in stable condition after undergoing surgery earlier this week at Howard University Hospital in Washington. A hospital spokesman said he did not know what type of surgery was performed but that Walcott, who held the title in 1951-52, was “resting comfortably.”
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