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Joe Louis
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Statistics
Real name	Joseph Louis Barrow
Nickname(s)	The Brown Bomber
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Reach	76 in (193 cm)
Nationality	Image:Flag of the United States.svg American
Birth date	13 May 1914(1914-05-13)
Birth place	La Fayette, Alabama, USA
Death date	12 April 1981 (aged 66)
Death place	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	72
Wins	69
Wins by KO	55
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests	0

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, a native of Detroit, Michigan, is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions that ever lived. He held the title for over 11 years, recording 25 successful defenses of the title. In 2003, Ring Magazine rated Joe Louis No. 1 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 2005, Louis was named the greatest heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization.^[1] He participated in 27 heavyweight championship fights, a record which still stands.

In the turbulent era before World War II, he became a national hero for both black and white America. Sportswriter Jimmy Cannon characterized Louis as "a credit to his race - the human race."

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Ascendance 1.3 During World War II 1.4 1950s 1.5 Retirement and later life 2 Legacy 2.1 Filmography 2.2 Commemoration 3 Trivia 4 Career record 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Footnotes 7 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

Joe Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914, in La Fayette, Alabama, the seventh of eight children. The grandson of slaves, he was the son of Barry Barrow, a sharecropper, and Lilly Barrow. His father was committed to an asylum when Louis was just two years old, where his family was told he died just two years later. In reality his father lived for 20 more years, oblivious to his son's spectacular accomplishments.Then at the age of ten his family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he would start his boxing career.

Louis had a successful and lucrative amateur career which he ended with winning Michigan's Golden Gloves title. He turned professional in 1934, making his debut on July 4 of that year, knocking out Jack Kracken in the first round at Chicago, Illinois. He won 12 fights that year, all in Chicago, 10 by knockout. Among his opponents in 1934 were Art Sykes and Stanley Poreda.

Originally, Joe's trainer, Jack Blackburn, wanted him to only fight other African-American boxers. Joe decided to ignore this advice and fought white boxers as well.

[edit] Ascendance

In 1935, Louis fought 13 times, creating an extraordinary sensation. He knocked out his first world champion, former world heavyweight champion, the 6'5' 265 pound Primo Carnera, in six rounds. Louis then knocked out the iron-chinned former heavyweight champion Max Baer in four rounds. Before losing to Louis, Baer had been knocked down only once, by Frankie Campbell. Louis also knocked out Paolino Uzcudun, who had never been knocked down or out before Louis KO'd him.

In his next fight, he was matched with former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling. Although not considered a threat, the German had studied Louis' style intently, and believed he had found a weakness. By exploiting Louis' habit of dropping his left low after a jab, Schmeling handed Louis his first loss by knocking him out in round 12 in Yankee stadium.

Louis, despite the loss, was awarded a title shot by champion James J. Braddock after negotiations with Madison Square Gardens number 1 contender Schmeling broke down. Braddock, looking to retire on a large payoff, was promised a more lucrative fight with the Brown Bomber after Louis bounced back up the pecking order by knocking out former champion Jack Sharkey. Schmeling (and the German government) were furious, and insisted that a win over highly ranked Sharkey did not reverse the Louis defeat by Schmeling, which was considered a title eliminator. The matter was settled in court, and Madison Square Garden and Schmeling lost. The fight was staged in Chicago, and Braddock's heavyweight championship would be up for grabs. Despite a knock down in round 1, Louis defeated the "Cinderella Man" by KO in round 8. Joe Louis was heavyweight champion of the world.

[edit] During World War II

From December 1940 to March 1942, when his career was interrupted by World War II, Louis defended his title ten times, a frequency unmatched by any heavyweight champion since the end of the bareknuckle era. His nearly-monthly fights against every challenger, and his convincing wins, earned his opponents the unfair group nickname "Bum of the Month."

In all, Louis made 25 defenses of his heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949. He was a world champion for 11 years and 10 months. Louis set records for any division in number of defenses and longevity as world champion non stop, and both records still stand. His most remarkable record is that he knocked out 23 opponents in 27 title fights.

Other notable title defenses before Louis enlisted were:

• His title defense against Max Schmeling. After having attempted to prevent Louis from even competing for the title, given his knockout defeat at Schmeling's hands, Joe Louis went on to crushingly defeat the German boxer. The match was promoted, on both sides of the Atlantic, as a clash of civilizations.
• His fight versus world Light Heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis, knocked out in the first.
• His fight with "Two Ton" Tony Galento, who knocked Louis down in the third round with a left hook. Giving Galento a terrible beating, Louis knocked Galento out in the fourth round.
• His two fights with Chilean Arturo Godoy. In their first bout Louis won by a decision, and then Louis won the rematch by a knockout in the eighth round.
• His fight with world Light Heavyweight champion Billy Conn, the first of which is remembered as one of the greatest fights in heavyweight history. Conn, smaller than Louis, said that he planned to "hit and run," prompting Louis's famous response, "He can run, but he can't hide."^[2] After 12 rounds, Conn was ahead on points, only to be knocked out by Louis in the 13th round. In the rematch, held when the two fighters returned from World War Two, Louis won by a knockout in the eighth round.

Louis retired after two fights with Jersey Joe Walcott. In the first fight, Walcott scored two knockdowns over Louis but lost a disputed decision. In the second fight, Walcott again knocked Louis down, but the aging Louis came on to knock out Walcott in the 11th round. Obviously no longer the fighter he once had been, Louis retired.

Louis served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 and spent that period traveling around Europe visiting with the troops and boxing in exhibitions — and the money awarded to him during the fights he would sign over to the U.S. government to show more of his support and belief in the U.S. participation in the war. During this time, he became a national spokesman for the Army. After he came back to keep defending his title in 1946, Louis looked somewhat slower in his fights, and his best years were obviously behind him. On March 1, 1949, Louis announced his retirement from boxing.

[edit] 1950s

In 1950, Louis announced a comeback. "The reason," he explained, was "taxes. ...The government wanted their money and I had to try to get it to them."^[3] In his comeback fight, he lost a 15 round unanimous decision to world champion Ezzard Charles, who had won the vacant title after Louis retired. After losing to Charles, Louis' mother "begged me to stop now, but she couldn’t understand how much money I owed."^[3] The US government had raised the maximum marginal tax rate from 79 percent in the 1930's to 90 percent during and after World War II.^[3]

Although far from his prime years, overweight, and much slower than in his youth, Louis kept boxing, but at a level far below that of his championship days. In 1951, Louis lost by a knockout in eight rounds sending Louis out of the ring by future world Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Marciano. He retired in 1951 at the age of 37 with a record of 69 wins and 3 losses, with 55 of those wins coming by knockout. Despite earning $300,000 for the Marciano fight, due to the post-World War II high tax rates, Louis could only pay off part of his $500,000 debt to the I.R.S.

[edit] Retirement and later life

In 1952, Louis was invited to play in the San Diego Open, and thus became the first African American ever to play in a PGA Tour event.^[4] A few years after his retirement, a movie about his life, The Joe Louis Story, was filmed in Hollywood. The role of Joe Louis was played by fighter Coley Wallace. Louis became a professional wrestler in 1956, but retired in 1957 due to injuries suffered during a match.

By the end of the 1950s, Louis had owed over $1 million in taxes.^[3] To bring in money, Louis appeared on quiz shows^[3]. Old army buddy Ash Resnick gave him a job welcoming tourists to the Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas, where Ash was an executive, just so Louis could make ends meet.^[3] Louis developed a friendship with former rival Max Schmeling in their retirement, and Schmeling offered financial assistance to Louis during this period.^[5]

Louis remained a popular celebrity in his twilight years. He was good friends with notorious heroin dealer Frank Lucas, who paid off a $50,000 tax lien for him and wept when he died, calling him "my daddy." [1] Louis's health began to deteriorate to the point where he had to be in a wheelchair. He had two operations, paid for by long-time friend Frank Sinatra. Sinatra flew Louis to Houston to have Michael DeBakey perform surgery. Later Louis suffered a stroke, and a year later his heart finally failed him.

Joe Louis died at age 66 of a heart attack in Desert Springs Hospital in 1981. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia with full military honors. Reportedly his funeral was paid for by former competitor Max Schmeling, but recent biographies (of both Schmeling and Louis) deny this. His life and his achievements prompted famed New York sportswriter Jimmy Cannon to write "Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race." Jenny Nolan of the Detroit News reported, "His heart was bad: he had two operations, which long time friend Frank Sinatra paid for. Sinatra flew Louis to Houston to have Michael DeBakey perform surgery. Louis suffered a stroke a year before his death and eventually his heart gave out."^{[citation needed]}

Ronald Reagan waived the eligibility rules for burial at Arlington National Cemetery,^{[citation needed]} and Louis was buried there with full military honors on April 21, 1981.^{[6] [7]}

Louis was survived by two children from his first wife, Marva Trotter, and his third wife, Martha Jefferson.

[edit] Legacy

Joe Louis lives on in popular memory. Among other contributions, Louis coined two of boxing's most famous quotes: "He can run, but he can't hide" and "Everyone has a plan until they've been hit."^{[citation needed]} In 1936, a beat writer for the Winnipeg Tribune used Joe Louis's nickname to refer to the Winnipeg Football Club after a game. From that point, the team became known popularly as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and retain that name as they play in the Canadian Football League.

[edit] Filmography

Numerous films have been made about Louis over the years.

• Joe and Max, 2002
• The Phynx, 1970
• The Fight Never Ends, 1949
• Johnny at the Fair, 1947
• Joe Palooka, Champ, 1946
• This Is the Army, 1943
• Spirit of Youth, 1938
• Max Schmeling siegt über Joe Louis, 1936

[edit] Commemoration

Louis was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award given by the U.S. legislative branch, in 1982. Congress stated that he "did so much to bolster the spirit of the American people during one of the most crucial times in American history and which have endured throughout the years as a symbol of strength for the nation." He has a sports complex named after him in Detroit, the Joe Louis Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings play their NHL games. A memorial to Louis was dedicated in Detroit (at Jefferson Avenue & Woodward) on October 16, 1986. The sculpture, commissioned by Time, Inc. and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot long arm with a fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot high pyramidal framework. It represents the power of his punch both inside and outside the ring. Joe Louis is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

A street near Madison Square garden is named after Joe Louis.

[edit] Trivia

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• During a 1944 promotional tour of Liverpool, England, Louis (as a publicity stunt) actually signed for Liverpool Football Club as a player. The official club records still record him as being "on the books" and is therefore officially classed as having been a Liverpool player.
• On June 17, 1951, he fought Lee Savold in what was the first professional prizefight carried to theaters on closed circuit TV. He knocked out Savold in 2 minutes 29 seconds of the sixth round.
• Louis was the star of the 1938 motion picture, "Spirit of Youth." The movie was a cautionary morality fable featuring Louis as an up-and-coming boxer named Joe Thomas. This same motion picture received a public film showing at the September 2006 Mid atlantic nostalgia convention in Aberdeen, Maryland.
• The song "Killer Joe" arranged by Quincy Jones is a tribute to Joe Louis' career. Jones met Louis as a child in Chicago.
• Another song "A Ballad For Joe (Louis)" is also a tribute to the boxer. It was by composed Joe Sample of the Crusaders and came out on the 1974 album Southern Comfort.

[edit] Career record

69 Wins (55 knockouts, 13 decisions, 1 disqualification), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision) [2]
Res.	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Marciano	KO	8 (10)	1951-10-26	Madison Square Garden, New York
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Bivins	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1951-08-15	Baltimore, Maryland
Win	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Cesar Brion	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1951-08-01	San Francisco, California
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lee Savold	KO	6 (15), 2:29	1951-06-15	Madison Square Garden, New York
Win	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Omelio Agramonte	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1951-05-02	Detroit, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andy Walker	TKO	10 (10), 1:49	1951-02-23	San Francisco, California
Win	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Omelio Agramonte	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1951-02-07	Miami, Florida
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Freddie Beshore	TKO	4 (10), 2:48	1951-01-03	Detroit, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Cesar Brion	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1950-11-29	Chicago, Illinois
Loss	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ezzard Charles	Decision (unan.)	15 (15)	1950-09-27	Yankee Stadium, New York	Fight was for World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jersey Joe Walcott	KO	11 (15)	1948-06-25	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title; Louis retired and relinquished the title on March 1, 1949
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jersey Joe Walcott	Decision (split)	15 (15)	1947-12-05	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tami Mauriello	KO	1 (15), 2:09	1946-09-18	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Billy Conn	KO	8 (15), 2:19	1946-06-19	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Davis	TKO	1 (4), 0:53	1944-11-14	Buffalo, New York	non-title fight
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Abe Simon	TKO	6 (15)	1942-03-27	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Baer	KO	1 (15), 2:56	1942-01-09	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lou Nova	TKO	6 (15), 2:59	1941-09-29	New York City	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Billy Conn	KO	13 (15), 2:58	1941-06-18	New York City	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Baer	Disqualification	7 (15)	1941-05-23	Washington, D.C.	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tony Musto	TKO	9 (15), 1:36	1941-04-08	Saint Louis, Missouri	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Abe Simon	TKO	13 (20), 1:20	1941-03-21	Detroit, Michigan	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Gus Dorazio	KO	2 (15), 1:30	1941-02-17	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Red Burman	KO	5 (15), 2:49	1941-01-31	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Al McCoy	TKO	6 (15)	1940-12-16	Boston, Massachusetts	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of Chile.svg Arturo Godoy	TKO	8 (15), 1:24	1940-06-20	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Paychek	TKO	2 (15), 0:41	1940-03-29	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of Chile.svg Arturo Godoy	Decision (split)	15 (15)	1940-02-09	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bob Pastor	KO	11 (20)	1939-09-20	Detroit, Michigan	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Tony Galento	TKO	4 (15), 2:29	1939-06-28	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jack Roper	KO	1 (10), 2:20	1939-04-17	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg John Henry Lewis	KO	1 (15), 2:29	1939-01-25	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg Max Schmeling	KO	1 (15), 2:04	1938-06-22	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Harry Thomas	KO	5 (15), 2:50	1938-04-01	Chicago, Illinois	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Mann	KO	3 (15), 1:56	1937-02-23	Madison Square Garden, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tommy Farr	Decision (unan.)	15 (15)	1937-08-30	Yankee Stadium, New York	Retained World Heavyweight title
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg James J. Braddock	KO	8 (15)	1937-06-22	Chicago, Illinois	Won NBA and NYSAC World Heavyweight titles
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Natie Brown	KO	4 (10)	1937-02-17	Kansas City, Missouri
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bob Pastor	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1937-01-29	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Steve Ketchel	KO	2 (4), 0:31	1937-01-11	Buffalo, New York
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Simms	TKO	1 (10), 0:26	1936-12-14	Cleveland, Ohio
Win	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Brescia	KO	3 (10), 2:12	1936-10-09	Hippodrome, New York City
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Al Ettore	KO	5 (15), 1:28	1936-09-22	Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sharkey	KO	3 (10), 1:02	1936-08-18	Yankee Stadium, New York
Loss	Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg Max Schmeling	KO	12 (15), 2:29	1936-06-19	Yankee Stadium, New York
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Charley Retzlaff	KO	1 (15), 1:25	1936-01-17	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the Second Spanish Republic.svg Paulino Uzcudun	TKO	4 (15), 2:32	1935-12-13	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Max Baer	KO	4 (15)	1935-09-24	Yankee Stadium, New York
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg King Levinsky	TKO	1 (10), 2:21	1935-08-07	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Primo Carnera	TKO	6 (15), 2:32	1935-06-25	Yankee Stadium, New York
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Gene Stanton	KO	3 (6)	1935-05-07	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Willie Davies	KO	2 (6)	1935-05-03	Peoria, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Toles	KO	6 (6)	1935-04-25	Flint, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Biff Bennett	KO	1 (6), 2:26	1935-04-22	Dayton, Ohio	Billed an an exhibition
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Roy Lazer	KO	3 (10), 2:26	1935-04-12	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Natie Brown	Decision (unan.)	10 (10)	1935-03-29	Detroit, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Don Barry	TKO	3 (10)	1935-03-08	San Francisco, California
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lee Ramage	TKO	2 (10), 2:11	1935-02-21	Los Angeles, California
Win	Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg Hans Birkie	TKO	10 (10), 1:47	1935-01-11	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Patsy Perroni	Decision	10 (10)	1935-01-04	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Lee Ramage	TKO	8 (10), 2:51	1934-12-14	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Charley Massera	KO	3 (10)	1934-11-30	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Stanley Poreda	KO	1 (10), 2:40	1934-11-14	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jack O'Dowd	KO	2 (10)	1934-10-31	Detroit, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Art Sykes	KO	8 (10)	1934-10-24	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Adolph Wiater	Decision	10 (10)	1934-09-26	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of Canada-1868-Red.svg Al Delaney	TKO	4 (10)	1934-09-11	Detroit, Michigan
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Buck Everett	KO	2 (8)	1934-08-27	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jack Kranz	Decision	8 (8)	1934-08-13	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Larry Udell	TKO	2 (8)	1934-07-30	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Willie Davies	KO	3 (6)	1934-07-12	Chicago, Illinois
Win	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Jack Kracken	KO	1 (6)	1934-07-04	Chicago, Illinois

[edit] See also

• List of heavyweight boxing champions
• List of male boxers
• Joe Louis Arena (located in Detroit, Michigan)

[edit] References

• Joe Louis, Edna Rust, Art Rust Jr., Joe Louis: My Life
• Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead, Obituary, NY Times, April 13, 1981.
• Louis' TAX issues
• Jenny Nolan, "The Brown Bomber -- The Man Behind The Fist", The Detroit News
• "Remembering Joe Louis", WTVM
• "Joe 'The Brown Bomber' Louis (1914 - 1981)", FindAGrave.com entry

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Louis' TAX issues in video documentary clip
• Professional boxing record for Joe Louis from Boxrec
• Joe Louis biography International Boxing Hall of Fame
• Solid boxing Joe's bio and Profile
• The Fight of the Century NPR special on the selection of the radio broadcast to the National Recording Registry
• Joe Louis at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by James J. Braddock	Heavyweight boxing champion 1937–1949	Succeeded by Ezzard Charles
Preceded by Dizzy Dean	Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1935	Succeeded by Jesse Owens

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NAME	Louis, Joe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	LaFayette, Alabama, United States
DATE OF DEATH	April 12, 1981
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