Emanuel Steward Died While Recovering From Surgery,After much back and forth, the Detroit Free Press confirmed that legendary boxer Emanuel Steward did indeed die today. According to Steward’s sister Diane Steward-Jones, Steward died at 2:46 p.m. Detroit time at a Chicago-area hospital, after attempting to recover from surgery that was related to diverticulitis.

Stewart told the Detroit Free Press by phone, “He has passed – he’s gone home. He was in no pain, and we sang to him, as well as did the doctors present. He had loved ones around him.”

On Steward’s disposition during what would become the last days of his life, Steward-Jones said that her brother kept up his sense of humor by “recruiting” hospital staff for his boxing gym, “They loved him,” Steward-Jones said. “He’d tell them to lose some weight and fight for him.”


And in his final moments, Steward-Jones said he was cocooned in love, “He gave it his all,” she said. “But he’s been called away now.”