RIP Muhammad Ali
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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 spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.
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.
Even as his health declined, Ali did not shy from politics or controversy, releasing a statement in December criticizing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. "We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda," he said.
The remark bookended the life of a man who burst into the national consciousness in the early 1960s, when as a young heavyweight champion he converted to Islam and refused to serve in the Vietnam War, and became an emblem of strength, eloquence, conscience and courage. Ali was an anti-establishment showman who transcended borders and barriers, race and religion. His fights against other men became spectacles, but he embodied much greater battles. -
Damn. Seen he was on life support earlier. Jesus 2016 has been a brutal one.
RIP to one of the greatest historical figures ever. -
The Greatest.
RIP champ. -
RIP just seen CJ's post in the boxing thread put on ESPN to confirm
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RIP to the goat
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One of those individuals you wish could live forever. RIP
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RIP to the greatest
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The true greatest
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“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called ? people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?
No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the ? of white slave masters of the darker people the world over.
This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here.
I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.
If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.” -
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RIP
We need a RIP reaction button. -
...and he did just that..R I P -
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RIP
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RIP Champ
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RIP to the Greatest
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So powerful rip the goat
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My pops use to play the hell out of this song. -
Rip to the goat
I remember back in 2012 when he had visited the ravens on their bye week. The visit really inspired the team which propelled them to historic super bowl run. The mans presence literally sparked the whole team to push and persevere throughout the rest of the season.
We truly lost one of the most iconic figures that ever walked on this planet. -
When ali was 13 they stole his red bike and when the cop joe martin came ali said he wants to find the guy himself and whoop him the cop said you better learn how to box first
Haha
https://youtu.be/HJKW2ZcRtMY
https://youtu.be/eqMk-AuTDZE
