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RIP ALI (Original Post) brettdale Jun 2016 OP
A legend tandot Jun 2016 #1
Woe. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #2
Float like a butterfly , sting like a bee. puffy socks Jun 2016 #3
They are doing a retrospective on him on NIGHTLINE, now. MADem Jun 2016 #4
ABC was quickest putting out a bio Warpy Jun 2016 #5
This is a very nice retrospective--it includes footage of past interviews and MADem Jun 2016 #7
Me too, but I know what end stage Parkinson's is like Warpy Jun 2016 #8
+1,000,000..... nt MADem Jun 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 Jun 2016 #6
Rest in power Ali Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #9
... napkinz Jun 2016 #11

Warpy

(111,233 posts)
5. ABC was quickest putting out a bio
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 12:49 AM
Jun 2016

and it was a fairly decent one, http://abcnews.go.com/US/muhammad-ali-dies-greatest-boxer-dead-74/story?id=18391211 They included one of his last statements, a slam against Trump.

I remember how he pissed off the Jim Crow south when he won gold in 1960. I was a kid there and I've been a fan since then.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. This is a very nice retrospective--it includes footage of past interviews and
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 12:59 AM
Jun 2016

bio-pieces.

I'm just gutted that he's gone. I was hoping he'd pull out of the spiral and come back. He was only 74.

Warpy

(111,233 posts)
8. Me too, but I know what end stage Parkinson's is like
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:03 AM
Jun 2016

I'm amazed that he was able to stand until just before he went into the hospital.

There have been few heroes in my lifetime. He was one.

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