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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 12:25 AM Jun 2016

Muhammad 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
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Muhammad Ali (1942—2016) (Original Post) pokerfan Jun 2016 OP
R.I.P. pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #1
Go in peace uppityperson Jun 2016 #2
Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War-Draft Ptah Jun 2016 #3
K&R for ali hopemountain Jun 2016 #4
He was definitely one of The Greatest, particularly for standing up to the Vietnam War. mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #5
He was the Greatest mikeargo Jun 2016 #6
RIP. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #7
Rest In Power, Champ. DinahMoeHum Jun 2016 #8
RIP, Champ. femmocrat Jun 2016 #9
RIP to The Greatest bigwillq Jun 2016 #10
Muhammad Ali and the end of the radical black athlete hoffmanfiles Jun 2016 #11

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
9. RIP, Champ.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 10:56 AM
Jun 2016

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee – his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.”

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