James Murray, boxer, dies after bout

Title

James Murray, boxer, dies after bout

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

15 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Press conference at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, featuring neurosurgeon Garth Cruickshank, following surgery on the bantamweight boxer James Murray. Murray has been now been pronounced brain dead by doctors at the hospital. He failed to regain consciousness after being knocked out by Drew Docherty during a title fight in Glasgow on 13/10/95.

Contributors

Garth Cruickshank

Keywords

Deaths; Surgery; Scotland; Hospitals; Glasgow; Sportsmen; Boxing; Boxers; Life support care; James Murray; Drew Docherty; Southern General Hospital

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