Beloved boxing trainer and longtime Manhattan bar owner Jimmy Glenn loses battle with COVID-19.
"It is with the deepest sadness that I tell everyone that early this morning, Jimmy Glenn, my father, passed away," his youngest son, Adam, wrote in an email on Thursday.
Boxing trainer and co-owner of "Jimmy's Corner" in Times Square Jimmy Glenn with his son Adam Glenn. Jimmy Glenn, 89, died from the coronavirus on May 7. "His condition rapidly worsened overnight, and finally his body just did not have the strength to continue fighting," Adam Glenn wrote. In this Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, Dick Cavett and former boxer and trainer Jimmy Glenn attend the New York premiere of HBO Documentary's "Ali & Cavett" at The Warner Media Theater in New York.Convalescent plasma contains special proteins that are produced in the blood of a fully recovered coronavirus patient.
"My dad has so many people that loved him," Adam Glenn said on Thursday, adding that once convalescent plasma became an option, he pushed his father's doctors to get him considered.
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