Scots boxing legend Ken Buchanan will be laid to rest later this month. Funeral arrangements have been planned for the lightweight champion, who sadly passed away on April 1 at the age of 77.
A memorial service will take place at St Giles' Cathedral on April 25, Edinburgh Live reports. The procession will pass the former Sparta Boxing Club, McDonald Road and Ken Buchanan statue.
Ken, from Edinburgh, had an impressive career after rising to undisputed world lightweight champion in 1971.He was made an MBE in 1972, with his statue revealed in Edinburgh last year.
It was also last year that his son revealed he was suffering from dementia and living in a care home.Born June 28, 1945, Ken became a professional boxer in 1965.
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