Mr. T

At 71 years old, Mr. T has this physical status:

Mr. T (born Lawrence Tureaud, 1952) is an American actor, bodyguard, television presenter, and former professional wrestler best known for his work as B. In the 1982 film Rocky III, A. Baracus appeared in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang. Mr. Byron is a student at the University of On the 16th of October, Mr. Byron wrote to Mr.

T is known for his distinct hairstyle, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image, which were all inspired by Mandinka warriors in West Africa.

He appeared in I Pity the Fool, a reality TV show on TV Land in 2006; the show's name comes from the popular catchphrase used by his character, Clubber Lang.

Early life

Mr. T was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was the youngest child in a family with twelve children. Tureaud, along with his four sisters and seven brothers, grew up in a three-room apartment in the Robert Taylor Homes. Nathaniel Tureaud, his father, was a minister. Lawrence Tero shortened his name after his father died when he was five. Mr. T., his current name, was based on his childhood memories of the lack of respect among white people for his relatives.

Tureaud attended Dunbar Vocational High School, where he played football, wrestled, and studied martial arts. He became the citywide wrestling champion two years in a row while at Dunbar. He received a football scholarship to Prairie View A&M University, where he majored in mathematics, but was kicked out early this year.

Tureaud left Prairie View A&M to work as a fitness instructor for a Chicago government program. He later said it was here that he discovered a gift for helping children.

He enlisted in the United States Army in 1975 and spent in the Military Police Corps. He tried out for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League in the late 1970s, but he was unable to participate due to a knee injury.

Tureaud became a bouncer for Rush Street's Dingbats Discotheque club. It was at this time that Mr. T.'s wearing of gold neck chains and other jewelry was the result of customers' loss of the items or leaving them behind at the night club after a fight. A refused client or one who is reluctant to risk a confrontation by returning inside might be able to recover his property from Mr. T, who wears it prominently right out front. Tureaud was mostly hired to keep out drug dealers and customers, in addition to monitoring the violence as a doorman. Tureaud claims he was in over 200 fights and was chastised a number of times, but won each case.

He reacted angrily to a career as a bouncer before embarking on a ten-year stint as a bodyguard. He was contracted to guard by others, clothing designers, judges, politicians, athletes, and millionaires as his fame grew. His clients included celebrities such as Steve McQueen, Michael Jackson, LeVar Burton, and Diana Ross, as well as boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and Leon Spinks. Tureaud's reputation as "Mr. T" attracted strange compliments, including tracking abducted teenagers, locating missing people, debt collection, and assassination requests.

Tureaud has won two tough-man competitions in a row as he was in his late twenties. On NBC-TV, the first appeared on "America's Toughest Bouncer" featured throwing a 150-pound (68 kg) stuntman and breaking through a 4-inch (10 cm) wooden door. Tureaud came in third place at the first event. Two finalists advanced to the final round of a boxing ring for a two-minute round to determine the champion. Tutefano Tufi, a 280-pound (130 kg) Honolulu bouncer who made it to the finalist, was his king. "Mr. T" gave the six foot five competitor a bloody nose and then a bloody mouth within a few seconds. He won the match and thus the tournament. On NBC-TV, the second tournament was broadcast under the new tag "Games People Play" for the first time. "I just feel sorry for the guy who has to box," Mr T. said when being interviewed by Bryant Gumbel before the final boxing match. I just feel so sorry for him." This was supposed to last three rounds, but Mr. T did it in less than 54 seconds. "I don't hate him," the author says, but..." "I pity the fool" in the film Rocky III was written by Sylvester Stallone, who is rumored to have been inspired by the interview.

Personal life

Mr. T is a born-again Christian. Mr. T has three children; two daughters, one of whom is a comedian, and a son from his ex-wife.

He enraged Lake Forest, Illinois, residents by chopping down more than a hundred oak trees on his estate in 1987. "The Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre" was described in the local paper.

In 1995, he was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or mycosis fungoides. He joked about the coincidence when he was in remission: "Can you believe that?" "Personalized cancer has a name — it's a disease with a personal touch." He wrote an as-yet unpublished book on this subject called Cancer Saves My Life (Cancer Ain't For No Wimps). In Dancing with the Stars, he made a specific reference to it when he performed a waltz to the song Amazing Grace.

Since helping with the recovery after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he stopped wearing nearly all of his gold, one of his distinguishing features. "As a Christian, I saw other people die and lose their homes and property." I thought it would be a disservice to continue wearing my gold before God. "I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectful to the people who lost everything," I said, so I stopped wearing my gold."

Mr. T. often refers to himself in the third person. He also speaks in rhymes. Muhammad Ali is his "childhood hero" and his main inspiration for style and demeanors.

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