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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMuhammad Ali (1942—2016)
Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.
Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.
Ali had suffered for three decades from Parkinson's Disease, a progressive neurological condition that slowly robbed him of both his legendary verbal grace and his physical dexterity. A funeral service is planned in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776
Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.
Ali had suffered for three decades from Parkinson's Disease, a progressive neurological condition that slowly robbed him of both his legendary verbal grace and his physical dexterity. A funeral service is planned in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776
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Muhammad Ali (1942—2016) (Original Post)
pokerfan
Jun 2016
OP
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. R.I.P.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)2. Go in peace
Ptah
(32,983 posts)3. Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War-Draft
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)4. K&R for ali
mnhtnbb
(31,316 posts)5. He was definitely one of The Greatest, particularly for standing up to the Vietnam War.
mikeargo
(675 posts)6. He was the Greatest
In so many ways
Just reading posts
(688 posts)7. RIP.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)8. Rest In Power, Champ.
Say hi to Howard Cosell for us.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)9. RIP, Champ.
"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee his hands cant hit what his eyes cant see.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)10. RIP to The Greatest
hoffmanfiles
(7 posts)11. Muhammad Ali and the end of the radical black athlete