Muhammad Ali: simply 'The Greatest'

[WorldNews]

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Ali, who came of age amid the turmoil of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, dazzled the boxing world as a youngster with his speed, never before seen in his weight class. The legendary fighter spent his last years ravaged by Parkinson's disease but never retreated from public view. The rise of Ali -- born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942 -- to the status of sports icon was not a smooth one.

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