Little is known about his mother, Lorna Kirkpatrick, nee Smith said. Born in 1930 in the southern United States. Also, like many other blacks after World War II, Lorna moved to the north, in search of a better life. Research paper.
result, she was in Brooklyn, New York City. Somewhere in Brooklyn, Lorna met and married a man named Tyson Purcell, whom do not know absolutely nothing. They later divorced and Lorna never to marry, despite being in love with Jimmy Kirkpatrick. She took his surname - Kirkpatrick. Jimmy was a big, violent man and father of 16 children. Later he appeared 3 more children with Lorna. Rodney in 1961, Dennis in 1964 and, 2 years later, Mike came to light. By the time Mike was born, Kirkpatrick parted with Lorna, so Mike took the surname of a married mother. The surname, which later became known around the world - Mike Tyson. Lorna has been impoverished, single mother and was in despair. They lived in Brownsville, in the heart of Brooklyn. Here, at 178 Amboy Street, Apartment 2A, in the poorest quarter of one of the most violent cities in America, will be "blinded" Michael Gerard Tyson.
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