# Rocky Graziano

> American boxer (1919–1990)

**Wikidata**: [Q454699](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454699)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Graziano)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rocky-graziano

## Summary

Rocky Graziano was born on January 1, 1919, in Brooklyn[1][2][3][4]. He worked as a boxer and television actor[5], competing in the field of boxing[6]. During his career, he held the WBA World Middleweight Champion and The Ring World Middleweight Champion titles[7][8]. He was also inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame[7][8] and received the No. 1 Award of the National Cartoonists Society[7][8].He died on May 22, 1990, in New York City[1][2][3][4]. The cause of his death was heart failure, and he was buried in New York.


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Czech National Authority Database
3. BoxRec
4. Find a Grave
5. list of WBA world champions
6. list of The Ring world champions
7. IMDb
8. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
9. Discogs
10. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
11. The Movie Database