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Lynn Chuvalo, wife of boxer George, commits suicide
George Chuvalo is the greatest Canadian Heavyweight champion of all-time. Noted for his toughness, he fought all the greats and nobody – not Joe Frazier, George Foreman or even Muhammad Ali – ever knocked him out. Outside the ring, however, life dealt Chuvalo several crushing body blows: he lost three sons to drug addiction and his wife to suicide. Yet, just like in the ring, Chuvalo has refused to go down by using his story of personal pain to help others fight drug addiction. Remarkably George Chuvalo, the People's Champion, is still standing.
Program: Prime Time News
Broadcast Date: Nov. 4, 1993
Guest(s): Milt Dunnell, John Kalbhenn, Staff-Sgt. Ron Warren, Peter Wylie
Host: Peter Mansbridge
Reporter: Paul Hunter
Duration: 1:47
Last updated: March 26, 2013
Page consulted on March 28, 2013
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A young George Chuvalo talks about his dreams of becoming the champ.
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![George Chuvalo wins the Cdn. Heavyweight Title in 1958 [silent footage]](http://www.cbc.ca/archives/chuvalo_19680910.jpg)
George Chuvalo fights James J. Parker to win the Canadian boxing champ...
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Scott Young chats with world heavyweight hopeful George Chuvalo.
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Chuvalo faces former World Champion Floyd Patterson.
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Chuvalo gets a shot at World Champion Ernie Terrell.
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Chuvalo gets a shot at Ali's World Title in Toronto.
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The former Canadian Heavyweight Champion walks away from the sport he ...
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George Chuvalo discusses the roughness of the fight business, and his ...
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Ali and Chuvalo talk to CBC-TV's Weekend as they prepare for a 1972 re...
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Canadian boxer George Chuvalo tells Michael Enright how to mix up a po...
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The Canadian boxer describes his youth in a west Toronto neighbourhood...
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The former Canadian Heavyweight Champion heads out on the comeback tra...
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George Chuvalo must deal with yet another death in his family, when hi...
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A lifetime of personal tragedy hasn't knocked out the champ.
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George Chuvalo must deal with the death of yet another son, Steven.
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George Chuvalo introduces his new wife Joanne, in an interview with Pa...
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Chuvalo visits his old school to warn kids about the dangers of drugs.
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Western Tech teacher Mitch Chuvalo has won the High School Coach of th...
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The oldest son of George Chuvalo has gone down a different life path t...
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George Chuvalo is the greatest Canadian Heavyweight champion of all-ti...