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Psychiatrist: Heavyweight Boxer Eddie Machen “Dangerous to Himself”
Dec. 18, 1962 - Heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen (pictured in 1960 with his manager Sid Flaherty) is so mentally disturbed that he is...
Dec 18, 2022


Heavyweight Eddie Machen Goes Berserk in Mental Hospital
Dec. 13, 1962 - Heavyweight fighter Eddie Machen (pictured) knocked two hospital attendants unconscious and injured a third in a wild and...
Dec 13, 2022

Heavyweight Eddie Machen Taken Into Custody as Attempted Suicide
Dec. 12, 1962 - Third-ranked heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen (pictured in July) was taken into custody by the California State Highway...
Dec 12, 2022
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