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Title: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: sprite75 on June 03, 2016, 11:52:59 PM Muhammad Ali passed (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776) this evening in Phoenix;
Quote 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 spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74. "After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died this evening," Bob Gunnell, a family spokesman, told NBC News. 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. :bluesad: Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: RCMerchant on June 04, 2016, 01:22:52 AM No f**king way.
He's a hometown hero. I meet him-a nice guy. Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: Archivist on June 04, 2016, 08:39:59 AM RIP the Greatest. An incredible boxer, athlete, and showman.
Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: Rev. Powell on June 04, 2016, 10:58:24 AM RIP to the Greatest. RC's right; he's a hometown hero. My hometown.
http://youtu.be/oPaxQUYpg_s (http://youtu.be/oPaxQUYpg_s) http://youtu.be/4UHt4U949YE (http://youtu.be/4UHt4U949YE) Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: VenomX73 on June 04, 2016, 12:58:44 PM RIP :bluesad:
Legend Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: Trevor on June 06, 2016, 02:11:31 AM My enduring memory - also my first - of him was me as a kid seeing him in a documentary where he went up against a fearsome opponent: a ten year old kid who knocked Muhammad on the chin, the champ went down, got up painfully slowly and then started chasing the referee around the ring. :teddyr: :teddyr:
The commentator said "And now he's taking out his frustrations on the referee!" :teddyr: RIP. Title: Re: RIP Muhammad Ali Post by: Rev. Powell on June 06, 2016, 07:43:49 AM http://youtu.be/OmiWLoKzWO0 (http://youtu.be/OmiWLoKzWO0)
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