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This was sad news to hear this morning. 

 

Rest in Peace Mr Ali, you were The Great One.

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I can easily remember him as Cassius Clay, RIP.

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Re: Muhammad Ali is Dead

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He was from Louisville, KY originally. I went to college there. They had renamed one of the downtown streets Muhammad Ali Blvd. He was too young to die.

 

So many diseases that need cures. We are so early in the age of genetics. Hopefully, eventually they will come up with cures for these infirmities. Don't know what they can do for heads that continually take bashing though like in boxing and football. I guess they are working on that. I hope he left his brain to science.

 

RIP, Muhammad.

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I heard that he's going to be buried in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

I don't know if there is going to be a funeral service, even a private one.

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@Brinklii wrote:

He was from Louisville, KY originally. I went to college there. They had renamed one of the downtown streets Muhammad Ali Blvd. He was too young to die.

 

So many diseases that need cures. We are so early in the age of genetics. Hopefully, eventually they will come up with cures for these infirmities. Don't know what they can do for heads that continually take bashing though like in boxing and football. I guess they are working on that. I hope he left his brain to science.

 

RIP, Muhammad.


Repeated head blows do not cause parkinsons disease .

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So sad - he suffered so over his last years.  I remember watching him and Howard Cosell go at it before and after his fights in the 60s.  (That was when fights were on TV and you didn't have to pay to see them!).  He had a great sense of humor and was a great man.  RIP Ali. 

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to those who ask "why Muhammad Ali-- what did he do? "

 

Take a moment and read this for an good article:

 

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/muhammad-ali

 

He was more than just a boxer.

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Fly high, sweet spirit, your work on earth is done.

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@Marianne1 wrote:

to those who ask "why Muhammad Ali-- what did he do? "

 

Take a moment and read this for an good article:

 

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/muhammad-ali

 

He was more than just a boxer.


Thanks for sharing this article, @Marianne1.  I read earlier today that he threw his Olympic medal into the ocean.  Now I understand why.

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I had no respect for the man.  He refused to serve his country.  I was graduating high school and my dad had just returned from 18 months in Japan, his 3rd tour.  Some of my co students were enlisting, some were drafted and some lost their lives.  He got drafted, changed his name and refused.