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20. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!

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Thu Jun 2, 2016, 08:32 PM

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Our beloved Muhammad Ali is in hospital with respiratory problems - Update Ali is dead [View all] malaise Jun 2016 OP

THere is a bad illness going around affecting us geezers elfin Jun 2016 #1

He has Parkinson's malaise Jun 2016 #2

Very much so. brer cat Jun 2016 #3

That happened with our uncle but he was in his early malaise Jun 2016 #5

He did indeed take too many hits. brer cat Jun 2016 #8

One of my genuine heroes malaise Jun 2016 #14

One of the smartest, most talented and most courageous Americans of my lifetime! Dustlawyer Jun 2016 #27

Yes malaise Jun 2016 #29

Ali H2O Man Jun 2016 #50

Nice to see you WaterMan malaise Jun 2016 #53

I have been a fan of him since he was Cassius Skittles Jun 2016 #4

Same here malaise Jun 2016 #6

Another here. His politics were as important as boxing. I suppose boxing gave him status. Hoyt Jun 2016 #9

More malaise Jun 2016 #12

Ditto.. A brave man in difficult times.. . . n/t annabanana Jun 2016 #10

Right. H2O Man Jun 2016 #51

Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. lpbk2713 Jun 2016 #7

And then some malaise Jun 2016 #15

prayers for his swift recovery niyad Jun 2016 #11

As a youth I learned what it really meant to stand up for what you believed in from him rurallib Jun 2016 #13

Couldn't say it better malaise Jun 2016 #16

Very much so, thank you for putting it so well uppityperson Jun 2016 #65

Hoping he's better soon. One of my heroes too. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #17

Heard him speak elljay Jun 2016 #18

Hope he fights this and wins! Lady_Chat Jun 2016 #19

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #20

!! Jack Rabbit Jun 2016 #21

Hoping for the best--for the best. panader0 Jun 2016 #22

Yes indeed: malaise Jun 2016 #32

Thanks for the thread, malaise. Raster Jun 2016 #23

Seeing that he's in fair condition I think he'll be ok. :) nt retrowire Jun 2016 #24

Ali! Bumaye! forest444 Jun 2016 #25

When he was a youngster my brother malaise Jun 2016 #33

'Zat right? forest444 Jun 2016 #39

I've met his ex-wife and daughter .... kwassa Jun 2016 #26

Laila sure looks like him malaise Jun 2016 #31

He's a great fighter and may he win this one. CentralMass Jun 2016 #28

LOL and thanks malaise Jun 2016 #30

+1 CentralMass Jun 2016 #34

I'm not a boxing fan either. cwydro Jun 2016 #35

Thanks for letting us know, my dear malaise... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #36

So sorry to hear this trixicopper Jun 2016 #37

An awesome moment. narnian60 Jun 2016 #46

Yes - in every corner of the globe malaise Jun 2016 #59

Prayers on the way. 840high Jun 2016 #38

K&R... spanone Jun 2016 #40

If he was 25 at his form DonCoquixote Jun 2016 #41

Kick and Rec Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #42

I really hated reading that he was in the hospital. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #43

It's worse than that - his family is by his bedside malaise Jun 2016 #48

A long time ago Solly Mack Jun 2016 #62

What a lovely story malaise Jun 2016 #64

Come on now! Fight through, Champ. TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #44

''No Viet Cong ever called me 'nigger.''' Octafish Jun 2016 #45

I loved him malaise Jun 2016 #57

He will always be The Greatest. Octafish Jun 2016 #63

My favorite Ali quote.... Captain Stern Jun 2016 #47

"The Soul of a Butterfly" H2O Man Jun 2016 #52

Ali H2O Man Jun 2016 #49

Please do malaise Jun 2016 #54

Ali died overnight malaise Jun 2016 #55

May he rest in peace.. Stuart G Jun 2016 #56

I just rolled out my Ali posters malaise Jun 2016 #58

I was up H2O Man Jun 2016 #60

My best friend of 50+ years and I were just malaise Jun 2016 #61