Sunday, May 31, 2009

Tyson asks for mourning space

Here is some bad news, and a bit off-topic as well: The passing away of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's 4 year-old daughter in a horrible accident while playing at her house adds a very sad footnote to his already troubled life.
As it now stands, she passed away at a hospital Tuesday following being on the life support system there. It seems that she has either slipped and fell or had some other type of similiar accident. The modest house where his child resided was in major contrast to the often upscale lifestyle he had throughout much of his turbulent and occasionally chaotic life. Incidentially if you require a New York City accident attorney then please take a peak at the law Offices of Geller & Siegel. The are absolutely the best New York City accident attorney you will find in that whole city, in my personal opinion.
He started the sport in an institution for juvenile delinquents in New York around the age of twelve. Around eight years after that he became the youngest heavyweight champion of all time when he knocked out Trevor Berbick. He was then beaten by James "Buster" Douglas
in a major upset. Not that long after that he was aressted and charged with raping a beauty pageant contestant, a crime for which he served some three years in the cooler. And just several years after that, he did 3 months in the slammer for assaulting 2 individuals following a relatively minor fender bender. His attorney recently claimed that he did the best he could considering his life circumstances. According to an article reported in the AP online news network, while his offspring lived in their modest neighborhood, he himself bought a separate designer house in a wealthy Phoenix suburb for more than two million dollars.Then 2 years ago, he spent twenty-four hours in Maricopa County's "Tent City" jail following a conviction for cocaine possession in that state.

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