Ross Brymer, 55, brothel guard / paroled killer
LandonEx
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Ross Brymer, a former Mustang Ranch bodyguard
who served time for killing boxer Oscar Bonavena at the brothel's gate,
was found dead Tuesday. He was 55.
Brymer's body was found in a friend's home. The cause of death
wasn't immediately apparent, and autopsy results weren't expected
for about two weeks.
Brymer served 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary
manslaughter in the 1976 slaying of the Argentinian boxer. Bonavena
was a top-ranked heavyweight title contender whose opponents included
Muhammad Ali.
Investigators said the killing may have been premeditated because
Bonavena allegedly was the lover of then-brothel owner Joe Conforte's
wife, and guards had orders to shoot him if he showed up at the brothel.
Brymer later got a life term for arranging the sale of the drug Valium
to a police undercover agent and started serving time on that sentence
in mid-1985. He was paroled in 1991 but returned to prison in 1995
as a result of a parole violation. He was released again in 1996.
06-29-00 / 05:20 EDT
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Matthew Hubbard
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> Former Nevada Brothel Bodyguard Found Dead
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> RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Ross Brymer, a former Mustang Ranch bodyguard
> who served time for killing boxer Oscar Bonavena at the brothel's
> gate, was found dead Tuesday. He was 55.
Another news reader software glitch.
I posted Brymer's obit Friday morning after checking the posts;
LandonEx's post shows up in my mail on Sunday morning with a time stamp
of Thursday morning.
Apologies for the double post; I still think Brymer's life story
demonstrates the stink of the American legal system very efficiently.
MattH
