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Related: About this forumThe GOAT is very sick.
I am trying to put my thoughts together. I know if I could have been anybody else it would have been him. He was my idol.
Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)condition.
Now Reuters is reporting "grave" -- as is NBC. With a caveat:
Ali, one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, was hospitalized this week for a respiratory ailment. Family spokesman Bob Gunnell has said that Ali, 74, was in fair condition, but media reports have said he was in rapidly failing health.
Asked about Ali's condition, the source said: "It's extraordinarily grave. It's a matter of hours."
The source, who had spoken with Ali's wife, Lonnie, added: "It could be more than a couple of hours, but it's not going to be much more. Funeral arrangements are already being made."
Gunnell did not respond to repeated requests for comment about Ali's condition.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-boxing-ali-condition-idUSKCN0YQ00M
I hope he gets through this. He should have more time.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)But selfishly I so hope not now.
He will take a part of my youth with him, whenever he goes.
MADem
(135,425 posts)It sneaks up on you, and before you know it you are in terrible distress. It does respond to antibiotics though if you can get to it soon enough.
I hope he beats this. I think he has more to do.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)arikara
(5,562 posts)My dad was one fight away from him in a tournament, when he was still Cassius Clay. He always said it would have been such an honor to fight the Greatest. Dad passed over last year after battling dementia for 15 years likely exacerbated by head injuries and I've watched Ali's decline over the years with sadness too.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)The Greatest Of All Time, a man of limitless courage, has died.
The world is poorer.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)I will miss you sir.
ismnotwasm
(42,008 posts)This just hurts.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)He is with the martyred Kennedy brothers, Dr. King, and Brother Malcolm... And Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Louis... now.
"He belongs to the ages."
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."
RIP Muhammed Ali
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Iris
(15,666 posts)Digital Puppy
(496 posts)"Don't count the days. Make the days count."
- Muhammad Ali
RIP to The Greatest
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Let alone in a boxer, and to have it both in and out of the ring made him unique. Damn.
brer cat
(24,605 posts)So sad.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)It's a bad day for you, my Brother.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)I am going to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Monday and put a rose at his site.
He is getting the loyal treatment on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and the BBC.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)Everyone knew how incredible and special he was.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)That was Ossie Davis eulogizing Brother Malcolm. He could be eulogizing Muhammad Ali.