Primo Carnera - Personal Life

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On March 13, 1939 Carnera married Giuseppina Kovacic (Her surname was changed to "Cavazzi" due to the Fascist regime).

In 1953 they became American citizens. They settled in Los Angeles, where Carnera opened a restaurant and a liquor store. They had two children, one of whom became a medical doctor.

Carnera died in 1967 in his native town of a combination of liver disease and complications from diabetes.

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