Obituaries Related to "Tapia" from New York Times Archive
Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45
Tapia won titles in three weight divisions but struggled with mental illness and addiction, having been declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses.
Bill Tapia, Virtuoso Ukulele Player, Dies at 103
Mr. Tapia was a premier musician from Honolulu who switched to guitar to play jazz and was then “discovered” as the ukulele had a recent resurgence.
OBITUARY.; Death of Lion. Cave Johnson. The Death of Gen. Tapia.
Johnson, Hon. Cave
THE RIO GRANDE.; Assault on Matamoras--Death of Gen. Tapia.
A special dispatch from Brownsville to the Courier, dated the 11th, reports that a spirited attack on Matamoras took place on the 9th instant. The skirmish lasted several hours, the assaulting party, under TAPIA, gaining the advantage, but distrusting CORTINAS, he did not follow up his success.
Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45
Tapia won titles in three weight divisions but struggled with mental illness and addiction, having been declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses.
Bill Tapia, Virtuoso Ukulele Player, Dies at 103
Mr. Tapia was a premier musician from Honolulu who switched to guitar to play jazz and was then “discovered” as the ukulele had a recent resurgence.
OBITUARY.; Death of Lion. Cave Johnson. The Death of Gen. Tapia.
Johnson, Hon. Cave
THE RIO GRANDE.; Assault on Matamoras--Death of Gen. Tapia.
A special dispatch from Brownsville to the Courier, dated the 11th, reports that a spirited attack on Matamoras took place on the 9th instant. The skirmish lasted several hours, the assaulting party, under TAPIA, gaining the advantage, but distrusting CORTINAS, he did not follow up his success.
Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45
Tapia won titles in three weight divisions but struggled with mental illness and addiction, having been declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses.
Bill Tapia, Virtuoso Ukulele Player, Dies at 103
Mr. Tapia was a premier musician from Honolulu who switched to guitar to play jazz and was then “discovered” as the ukulele had a recent resurgence.
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