Floyd Patterson Cause Of Death. Patterson suffered from alzheimer s disease and prostate cancer in his final years. He later married janet sequist and they stayed together until his death.
He had alzheimer s disease and prostate cancer his family said. It affected his ability to work as chairman of the athletic commission and caused him to retire early. The cause of death was the effects of alzheimer s and prostate cancer.
Patterson died on may 11 2006 in new paltz new york.
Floyd patterson lee was born december 12 1958 in ashburn georgia to the late dennis lee and olivia cross lee. Ingemar johansson the swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out floyd patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959 has died a longtime friend said today. Patterson died on may 11 2006 in new paltz new york. He also attended ben hill irwin technical school where he studied auto body and fender repair and graduated in december 1981.
