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Apr 28, 2011 · Alice Ward, the no-nonsense, real-life mom of boxing champ Micky Ward and one of the riveting main characters in this year’s Oscar-winning The Fighter, died Tuesday at Boston’s Spaulding...
Alice Ward, the formidable, chain-smoking mother of boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund whose story was told in the Oscar-winning film The Fighter, has died following a short illness. She was 79.
Apr 28, 2011 · Alice Ward, the real-life boxer's mother who was portrayed by Melissa Leo in Hollywood film The Fighter, dies.
Apr 27, 2011 · Alice Ward — mother to boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund and whose portrayal in “The Fighter” won Melissa Leo a Best Supporting Actress Oscar — has died. She was 79.
Jun 21, 2011 · Alice Ward, mother of Lowell-bred boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, has died. We’re told the matriarch played by Melissa Leoin “ The Fighter ” passed away early this morning at the Spaulding...
Dec 26, 2023 · Eklund's descent into drug abuse not only derailed his boxing career but also strained his relationships with his family, including Ward. Dicky Eklund's life and struggles with addiction were documented in the 1995 HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell.
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Apr 6, 2023 · Alice Eklund-Ward’s parents were Richard Eklund Sr. and an unknown mother. Her father was a boxer in his younger years and passed on his love of boxing to his children. Alice had a brother named Richard Eklund Jr., who also became a boxer and had three children of his own.
