Posted on 09/09/2017 7:56:40 AM PDT by EveningStar
Joe DeNucci, a former world class middleweight boxing contender who became a politician and the longest-serving state auditor in Massachusetts history, has died at age 78.
DeNucci, who had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, died Friday at his home in Newton, where his death was confirmed by the Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home.
In his boxing days he fought quality opponents including Emile Griffith, a world champion in multiple weight classes, before turning to the equally rough-and-tumble world of state politics. As a Democrat, he served as a state representative and later held the office of state auditor for 24 years.
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I knew him and his wife——our kids were in school together.
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RIP.
Like Harry Reid this guy gets his brains beat out in his youth boxing, and then becomes a Democrat politician.
He must have not been to bad ..never heard of him.
I remember DeNucci came to my high school (Lynn, MA) in the late 80s. He was more of the old school corrupt Democrat type (Bulger, Finneran and the gang) than the modern progressive liberal Deval Patrick activist types.
Seemed like a enough guy - a bit punch drunk.
sounds like he was a real chahractah..
Good riddance.
Democrat scum...
He was actually one of the less bad ‘Rats of his era.
“He was actually one of the less bad ‘Rats of his era.”
Well said. Yes. RIP.
I saw a clip of a 70 year old former Middleweight champ, accosted (to be robbed) by three feral youths.
He beat their asses.
Yah. And a wicked pissa boxah.
Joe was a good guy and a good auditor. He stopped some out of control local boondoggles back in the 90s. He would come to my neighborhood in Malden often.
When I sent a request to his office for an autograph, he sent me back a signed photo from his days in the ring. He was obviously proud of his boxing career.
That’s cool!!!
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