Jake LaMotta, the boxer dubbed the “Bronx Bull” and immortalized by Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull, has died at the age of 95.
His exploits were depicted in the 1980 film Raging Bull, for which Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
LaMotta passed away Tuesday in a nursing home, members of his family told TMZ, from complications from pneumonia, his wife said.
Robert De Niro released a statement upon hearing of LaMotta’s death: “Rest in Peace, Champ.”
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