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Daughter of Brockton boxer Rocky Marciano dies at 58
As a child, after both of his parents had died, one special person encouraged Rocky Marciano Jr. to get involved in sports: his older sister, Mary Anne.
When he played baseball, Mary Anne Marciano, 15 years his elder, “was my team mother,” Rocky Jr., son of the boxing legend, said Friday.
“She made sure if I wanted to get involved in sports, I got involved,” said Marciano, 43, of Florida.
“She did the things that my mother would do at that age.”
Mary Anne Marciano, the daughter of Rocky Marciano, died unexpectedly on June 3 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from complications of a respiratory illness.
She was 58.
Her death happened shortly before a visit to Brockton, planned for Monday, of World Boxing Council officials to discuss plans for a statue honoring her late father, the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.
“She was definitely looking forward to the unveiling of the statue,” said her uncle, Peter Mar