Gerrie Coetzee, 67, Afrikaner Boxing Champ Who Fought Apartheid, Dies
Briefly

Gerrie Coetzee, a South African heavyweight boxing champion who rejected the epithet great white hope and criticized apartheid, earning the respect of Nelson Mandela, died on Jan. 12 at his home in Bloubergstrand, a suburb of Cape Town.He was 67.The cause was lung cancer, his longtime manager, Thinus Strydom, said.
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