Muhammad Ali, Boxing Legend, Cultural Icon Dies At 74

Meaza Simmons added this on June 3, 2016

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Muhammad Ali, a boxing legend, political activist, global humanitarian, died Friday surrounded by his family at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, a family spokesman said.

“After a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74,” his spokesman Bob Gunnell said.

The self-proclaimed “Greatest of All Time,” Ali Ali had been suffering from respiratory issues this week, apparently that are complicated by his Parkinson’s disease.

A funeral will be held in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

 

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