Gene Tunney AKA James Joseph Tunney Born: 25-May-1897 Birthplace: New York City Died: 7-Nov-1978 Location of death: Greenwich, CT Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Long Ridge Union Cemetery, Stamford, CT
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Boxing Nationality: United States Executive summary: Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 1926-28 Military service: USMC (WWI); US Navy (WWII) Father: John Tunney Mother: Mary Jean Lydon ("Rose") Wife: Mary Josephine Lauder ("Polly", socialite, m. 3-Oct-1928, d. 19-Apr-2008, three sons, one daughter) Son: Gene Lauder Tunney (b. 1931) Son: John V. Tunney (US Senator, b. 26-Jun-1934) Son: Jonathan R. Tunney ("Jay") Daughter: Joan Tunney Cook ("Joan T. Wilkerson", b. 1939)
World Heavyweight Champion (1926-28) International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990 Dutch Treat Club (1955-78) Irish Ancestry
Author of books:
A Man Must Fight (1932, memoir) Arms for Living (1941, memoir)
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