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arikara

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5. I'm so very sorry to hear that

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 10:03 PM

Jun 2016

My dad was one fight away from him in a tournament, when he was still Cassius Clay. He always said it would have been such an honor to fight the Greatest. Dad passed over last year after battling dementia for 15 years likely exacerbated by head injuries and I've watched Ali's decline over the years with sadness too.

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The GOAT is very sick. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 OP

Prayers Uponthegears Jun 2016 #1

Yes. nt SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #2

RADAR said his condition was "grave," but ABC and NBC said he was in FAIR MADem Jun 2016 #3

If he must go, he must. SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #6

Too soon. He might have that dreadful pneumonia that has been going around. MADem Jun 2016 #7

Oh, I hope he does. nt SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #8

Very depressing bravenak Jun 2016 #4

I'm so very sorry to hear that arikara Jun 2016 #5

It's heartbreaking. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #9

Sad news Uponthegears Jun 2016 #10

Why this is not at the top of Greatest right now I don't understand. SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #11

Man. ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #12

He is with... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #13

"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, lovemydog Jun 2016 #14

RIP to the Greatest. XO Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #15

What sad news to wake up to. Iris Jun 2016 #17

"Don't count the days. Make the days count." Digital Puppy Jun 2016 #16

The combination of grace and power is so rare in anyone Recursion Jun 2016 #18

Forever the greatest. brer cat Jun 2016 #19

And Ali just passed .. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #20

I wonder how our friend who made hundreds of posts denigrating him feels. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #21

I'm sure she/he hasn't given it a single thought. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #22

It's going to be hard talking about him in the past tense. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #23

He is getting the royal treatment from around the ENTIRE world Number23 Jun 2016 #24

When a former POTUS is performing your eulogy and the current POTUS calls your widow you are royalty DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #25