F.X. Toole
Boxing trainer, author (1930-2002) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
F.X. Toole is the pen name of boxing trainer Jerry Boyd. Toole is most noted for writing the 2000 collection of short stories Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, which were adapted into the Oscar-winning movie Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
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F.X. Toole's posthumous novel Pound for Pound was released in 2006 to rave reviews. Cutman, a one-hour dramatic series set in the world of boxing, drawn from short stories by F.X. Toole, is in development by AMC Television.
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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1930 to 2002 · aged 72
