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  1. Apr 28, 2011 · Alice Ward, the no-nonsense, real-life mom of boxing champ Micky Ward and one of the riveting main characters in this year’s Oscar-winning The Fighter, died Tuesday at Boston’s Spaulding...

  2. Apr 27, 2011 · April 27, 2011 4:54pm. lowellsun.com; Paramount. Alice Wardmother to boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund and whose portrayal in “The Fighter” won Melissa Leo a Best Supporting Actress...

  3. Fri 29 Apr 2011 at 15:44. Alice Ward, the formidable, chain-smoking mother of boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund whose story was told in the Oscar-winning film The Fighter, has died...

  4. Apr 28, 2011 · The mother of “The Fighter” Micky Ward and his trainer brother, Dicky Eklund, gave up the fight early yesterday in a Boston hospital. Alice Ward, 79, the mother of eight who managed both...

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  5. Apr 28, 2011 · Ward was the mother of boxers Micky Ward (played by Mark Wahlberg in the film) and Richard "Dicky" Eklund (played by Christian Bale, also Oscar-winning) and helped manage both their careers –...

  6. Apr 27, 2011 · In "The Fighter," Ward is portrayed as a bleach-blond, boozy, lovingly domineering mother to boxers Micky Ward and his half-brother, Dicky Eklund. Micky Ward rose from his blue-collar...

  7. Apr 28, 2011 · Alice Ward, the real-life boxer's mother who was portrayed by Melissa Leo in an Oscar-winning performance in Hollywood film The Fighter, has died. The 79-year-old was mother and manager to boxers...

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