Mills Bee Lane III was an American boxing referee and professional boxer who died on December 6, 2022.
He served two terms as a district court judge in Washoe County, Nevada, and was a well-known figure on television.
Lane was most known for starring in the syndicated court program Judge Mills Lane and for officiating numerous important heavyweight championship boxing contests in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Lane, an ex-Marine who later turned to boxing, won the All-Far East welterweight championship. In 1960, he won the welterweight boxing title at the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In the boxing quarterfinals of the U.S. Olympic Trials in San Francisco for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Lane lost to Phil Baldwin. When he graduated from college, he went pro, finally compiling a 10-1 (.909) record.
On June 9, 2013, Lane was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and on August 10 of the same year, he was added to the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.
Who is Mills Lane Kaye Pierce wife?
Mills Lane married Kaye Pierce in 1980. She has two children with Mills. Their children are Tommy Lane and Terry Lane.
Kaye has been a very strong support system in the life and career of Mills Lane.
