Boxing promoter Dan Goossen, who transformed his family's vacant San Fernando Valley field into a business that produced world champions, died Monday of complications from liver cancer, his family announced. He was 64.
"The sudden news of his diagnosis was very much a private matter, and his final days were spent surrounded by his family and closest friends," the Goossen family said in a statement. No other details were disclosed.
Goossen's large San Fernando Valley-based family of eight brothers and two sisters, reflected in the naming of his original company, Ten Goose Boxing. All of the siblings were involved in the business.
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