Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker

[wkato]

RIP
Norfolk native and Olympic boxing gold medalist Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker was hit and killed at a busy Virginia Beach intersection, police tell 13News Now.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/bo...g-virginia-beach-street/ar-AAElVGH?li=BBnbfcL

 

[Husker4real]

Tragic.

When I saw the headline I thought to myself: “Sweet Pea Whitaker was from Norfolk? How did a miss that?”

Norfolk, Virginia. Duh.

RIP, Champ.

 

[frankluv]

Great boxer. R I P.