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Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016

Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr on January 17, 1942, in Louisville Kentucky

Aged 22, he took on heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in Miami.

He won and proclaimed to the world: “I am the world’s greatest!”

Ali was the first man to win heavyweight titles three times

Ali attended his first Nation of Islam meeting in 1959 and converted to Sunni Islam in 1975

In 1967, he famously refused to fight in Vietnam, citing religious reasons

Married four times, he had seven daughters and two sons

He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984, at the age of 43

Ali died late on June 3, 2016, in a hospital in Arizona after being admitted with respiratory problems

Ali’s funeral will take place in Louisville

Ali is survived by his wife, the former Lonnie Williams, who knew him when