Vikki LaMotta
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Vikki LaMotta (January 23, 1930 – January 25, 2005), born Beverly Thailer in The Bronx, New York, was the wife of boxer Jake LaMotta (spelling her name "Vicky" at the time).[1]
She was portrayed by actress Cathy Moriarty in the Academy Award-winning 1980 film Raging Bull. She posed nude for Playboy magazine in November 1981, aged 51.
She died following open-heart surgery in Boca Raton, Florida on January 25, 2005, two days after her 75th birthday. She was survived by two of the three children from her marriage to LaMotta.
[edit] Book
Her book, Knockout! : the sexy, violent, extraordinary life of Vikki Lamotta (ISBN 1-89496-351-2), was published posthumously.
[edit] References
- ^ Jeff Merron, ESPN.com. Page 2 - "Reel Life: 'Raging Bull'". Accessed 7 January 2008.
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