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    Muhammad Ali on life support

    http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/0...e-support.html

    Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali is reportedly on life support at a Phoenix area hospital Friday after being hospitalized for respiratory issues that are complicated by Parkinson's.

    A source close to the family told Reuters that the 74-year-old boxing great is in "grave" condition and "it's only a matter of hours."

    A spokesman for Ali said in a statement earlier Thursday that the former heavyweight champion is being treated at an unidentified hospital for a respiratory issue.

    Ali's longtime Parkinson's doctor declined comment when reached by the AP Thursday night.

    "I can't really say much more than what's in the papers," said Dr. Abraham Lieberman of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

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    I like this story about his generosity. Apparently he did this sort of thing often.

    Entering an airport coffee shop, he spots a woman with her head folded into her arms, slumped across a table. He takes a seat beside her and asks what's wrong.

    She looks up and doesn't seem to recognize Ali, but tells him her purse has been stolen. The woman, wearing a pink warm-up suit, is short and heavier than she needs to be. She has graying black hair and deep-set green eyes that bulge as if someone has grabbed her around the neck and has squeezed, not real hard, but steadily, for many, many years.


    She laughs a weary laugh and says: "It had all my money in it. I don't know how I'm going to get home. And how can I tell my husband? He doesn't like me spending so much, anyway. Sometimes we have some real blowouts over money."

    Ali puts his pamphlets on the table and pulls a tattered brown cowhide wallet from his pants pocket. It has $300 cash in it and an old picture of him with eight of his kids. Although he is no longer world-class wealthy, he gives the woman $280.


    Ali's generosity has allowed him to be taken for millions of dollars over the years, often by those he has called his friends.

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    He just passed, according to NBC news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    He just passed, according to NBC news.
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/world/...ary/index.html

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    Great boxer and inspiration to many. Wish he was a Christian instead of Muslim

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    hmmmm....seems like now might be the perfect time to put my Cassius Clay magazine on Ebay. (too soon? )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lista View Post
    hmmmm....seems like now might be the perfect time to put my Cassius Clay magazine on Ebay. (too soon? )
    Well, I dunno...it might not sell

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