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Michael Rosenthal

Iconic boxing referee Mills Lane dies at 85

Mills Lane, a former boxer who became one of the best-known referees over the past half century and a Hall of Famer, died Tuesday morning in Reno, Nev. He was 85.

Lane’s son, Tommy Lane, told the Reno Gazette Journal that his father had been in hospice care for the past week. The elder Lane had a stroke 20 years ago, which ended his career.

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