Smokin’ Joe R.I.P. — Joe Frazier, one-time heavyweight champion of the world, died last night, Nov. 7. He was 67 and had liver cancer.
Here is my personal remembrance.
Sometime around the turn of the millennium I was a participant in the Haverford Township Day Parade and I had brought my dog with me to join me on the float. Well, she got loose at the staging ground and as I chased her around the Manoa Shopping Center, I heard myself being serenaded with “Who Let The Dogs Out.”
I looked to see who was doing the singing and lo and behold it was The Champ himself who was also part of the parade.
Somewhere, there is a picture of me and The Champ who graciously consented to pose and had a big grin.
R.I.P. Joe.