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Muhamad Ali dies at age 74
« on: June 04, 2016, 12:40:44 AM »

Offline mr. dee

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"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.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776

He lost his battle. :(

R.I.P., champ

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Truly the Greatest.

May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

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One of the greatest athletes of the past century. A legend in every sense of the word. And a true pioneer of mixing social issues and sport.

RIP Champ. You truly were the greatest

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Dang. RIP! Love a trash talker that can walk the talk.
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R.I.P. The world just lost an intelligent and good human being.
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I remember watching a lot of his fights on network television before pay per views became the rage for boxing. My dad always hated him so of course, I always cheered for him. Later I learned the true stories of his activism for civil rights, against the war and then later in life his fights against different diseases that he spoke for. I only grew more fond of him and respected him more.

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, Muhammad. You'll always be The Greatest!!!

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R.I.P. Ali

but he treated Joe Frazier like garbage after Frazier did good things for him.
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A great man indeed.
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RIP - One of the greatest ever to have set foot on planet earth!
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A true original.   He turned cocky, trash-talking,  showmanship into an art form.   No one has ever done "superstar" quite like him.  Able to talk with supreme confidence without seeming to take himself too seriously.  A sports performer without peer in and out of his athletic domain.   Imagine LeBron saying "I am the greatest" and being loved (eventually) for it.  He knew at 22 how to capture the attention of the world, play to the camera, promote an event, and simultaneously psych out an opponent -- PT Barnum, Babe Ruth,  Mandela, Clark Gable, and Sigmund Freud rolled into one. Brilliant.
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RIP CHAMP!

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Fought some great, memorable fights. Stayed too long, At the end I just wanted him to quit and he wouldn't.

Great champion, interesting guy.

Rest in Peace

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RIP, Greatest.
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I had a poster of him on my wall since before Islam was cool and my aunt got me his autograph. It comes with a 4 page packet about God and The Prophet.

I will miss this hero.