until apartheid was abolished. When President Mandela was released in 1990, Lewis worked closely with him to raise funds for his African National Congress (ANC) party. Lewis was also awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 2007 from Morehouse College for funding several students’ paths through college, via the Butch Lewis Foundation Scholarship Fund. A public wake and funeral was held for Lewis on Aug. 1 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Del. In place of flowers, the Lewis family humbly requested donations be made to the Butch Lewis Foundation at 250 W. 57th St., Suite 311, New York, N.Y. 10107. Checks should be made payable to: Butch Lewis Scholarship Fund. Lewis died of a heart attack at his home in Bethany Beach, Delaware. References 1946 births 2011 deaths American boxing managers American boxing promoters People from Bethany Beach, Delaware