# RIP Max Schmeling

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 4, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-max-schmeling/288346 "2005-02-04T10:55:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-max-schmeling/288346/1 "2005-02-04T10:55:09Z")

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The German boxer who beat Joe Louis in 1936 and lost their 1938 rematch died Wednesday at the age of 99.

[http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/wire/sns-ap-box-obit-schmeling,1,1146758.story?coll=sns-ap-boxing-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true](http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/wire/sns-ap-box-obit-schmeling,1,1146758.story?coll=sns-ap-boxing-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true)

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-max-schmeling/288346/2 "2005-02-04T12:06:42Z")

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Huh.  
I thought he died about 5 years ago.  
RIP. You were probably the longest lived boxer ever.