LF: Muhammed Ali, 'The Greatest,' passes away at age 74

Title: Muhammed Ali, 'The Greatest,' passes away at age 74
Source: KSTP-TV
URL Source: http://www.fox9.com/news/152426305-story
Published: Jun 4, 2016
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2016-06-04 18:54:08 by Deckard
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Views: 1358
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Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died according to a statement released by his family. He was 74.

A family spokesman says Muhammad Ali died of septic shock "due to unspecified natural causes." Ali died Friday at 9:10 p.m. and spent the last hour of his life surrounded by his family. He was initially hospitalized in the Phoenix area on Monday.

Ali's funeral is scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. There will be eulogies given by Billy Crystal, Bryant Gumbel, and former President Bill Clinton.

The spokesman says Ali was a citizen of the world and he wanted people of all walks of life to be able to attend. The funeral will be translated and streamed on the internet.

Ali suffered for years from Parkinson's disease, which ravaged his body but could never dim his larger-than-life presence. He was hospitalized earlier this week. A towering figure in his prime, he still traveled and made appearances in his later years despite being muted by the thousands of punches he took during his remarkable career. He beat the invincible Sonny Liston, fought a string of thrilling fights with Joe Frazier and stopped George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire.

If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !

Ali was a very good fighter, but everything else said about him is a myth or hero worship.

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if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood

"I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

You must be about my age - I remember that and also Lew Alcindor when he played for UCLA and before he became Kareem Abdul Jabar.

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

And because he turned his back on Christ after spitting in His face, ali is now awaiting the Great White Throne Judgement where he will be sentenced to eternal life in the Lake of Fire.

Folks there ain't no purgatory, Jesus says in John 3:3 Be Born Again or go to hell!

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."