On this day in 1971, the body of heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston, was found by his wife in their Las Vegas home. Perhaps best known for the Liston-Patterson fight of 1962, where Patterson was knocked out in the first round, the Sports Illustrated cover with Muhammad Ali towering over him is one of the most famous sports photos in the world. While Liston's' death was ruled a heroin overdose, questions still swirl around his death. Never known to abuse any drug other than alcohol, Liston was famous for his fear of needles, to the point that he refused to fly overseas to a fight when he found out he needed immunization shots.
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