Henry Armstrong AKA Henry Jackson, Jr. Born: 12-Dec-1912 Birthplace: Columbus, MS Died: 22-Oct-1988 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male Religion: Baptist Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Boxing Nationality: United States Executive summary: Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion Father: Henry Jackson, Sr. Mother: America Wife: Gussie (until his death, one daughter)
High School: Vashon High School, St. Louis, MO (1929)
Henry Armstrong Youth Foundation
World Welterweight Champion (1938-40)
World Lightweight Champion (1938-39)
World Featherweight Champion (1937-38)
Boxing Hall of Fame 1954
International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990 St. Louis Walk of Fame Ordained 1951 (Baptist)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Keep Punching (7-Dec-1939)
Author of books:
Gloves, Glory and God (1957, memoir)
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