Muhammad Ali, 'The Greatest of All Time', Dead at 74

[pmorlan1]

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.

Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.

Ali had suffered for three decades from Parkinson's Disease, a progressive neurological condition that slowly robbed him of both his legendary verbal grace and his physical dexterity. A funeral service is planned in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776

I'm very sad tonight. My thoughts go out to his family and to his many fans.

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life"

[PufPuf23]

1. RIP Brave good man. kr

[Cali_Democrat]

2. RIP

[hollysmom]

3. I remember watching him in the olympics, he was such an impression then.

saw time though his very different life - life through history as it is being made. he was so very important in the time line - he left a mark.

[Stallion]

4. Classic Ali

9) he'll be mine in round nine
8) he will fall in eight to prove that i'm great
7) when i'm in heaven he'll be down in seven
6) if i do the mix he'll be down in six
5) if he keeps talking jive i'll do him in five
4) if he makes me sore i'll cut it to four
3) if he talks about me i'll have in three
2) if that don't do we'll get him in two
1) if he run we'll get him in one

[Txbluedog]

5. RIP

2016 has been a bad year for celebrity deaths but this one hurts