Born Cassius Clay, former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali died late Friday after a more than 30-year battle with Parkinson's disease. He left an indelible mark on sports, society and culture.
Muhammad Ali: A Legend And A Cultural Icon Dead at 74
- By Diaa Bekheet
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FILE - Young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles, predicting he'd knock Moore out in the fourth ro
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FILE - World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, right, and Black Muslim leader Malcolm X in New York City, March 1, 1964. Ali died Friday in Phoenix, Arizona, at age 74.
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FILE - Muhammad Ali, former world heavyweight boxing champion, toys with the finely combed hair of television sports commentators Howard Cosell before the start of the Olympic boxing trials, in West Point, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1972.
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FILE - An Oct. 30, 1974 file photo shows Challenger Muhammad Ali watching as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire.
