June 4, 201610 yr So I heard about this when flipping around the channels and had stopped on a news channel. Such a shame, but I know he was suffering from Parkinson's, and apparently was recently hospitalized for a respiratory thing.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/03/remembering-muhammad-ali.html?intcmp=hpbt1 He was only 74 though. A friend I was speaking to when the news alert came out, said that he's really "floating like a butterfly now". Referencing Muhammad Ali's famous line "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee". That link is the first link I saw with a story and a bit of a history about "the greatest". He was indeed a legend. Just last year he was named a hometown hero and celebrated in Louisville, he apparently hasn't been out in public much since then. But man, even though 74 is a decent age, still too young to lose such a legend. :( May he Rest in Peace.
June 4, 201610 yr We will all be saddened by the loss of such a legend. Sending my thoughts and prayers to his family.
June 4, 201610 yr To God we belong, and to God we return, ameen. May you be placed in the highest station of Jennah, Br. Mohammad Ali, ameen. May your family be surrounded by comfort and peace, ameen. :sad02: Ya Allah! We are missing a hero in our faith now and I hope that some day my faith will be an example like this dear man's was to the world. I am shocked but it makes you really think that every day is truly a gift. My mom told us that he was a respectful and polite man, very humble, as he waited for his turn to speak at a rally that American Muslims were having in Washington, D.C. to protest the plight of Muslims in Bosnia. (She was helping my "aunt" Suada to go before the crowd to testify the atrocities that were happening to Muslim girls and women at the hands of the Serbs). It wasn't a happy occasion to meet under, but Br. Ali said to my "aunt" that her speech (my mom helped her to write it) was "very brave" and that he appreciated her courage to speak up about all the injustice that was happening and thanked her. Of course, I wasn't born yet (my parents got very boring by the time I was born) so that was in the early 90's, when Bill Clinton was president.
June 4, 201610 yr rest in peace the greatest boxer ever i was deeply saddened by the news this morning
June 4, 201610 yr 2016 needs to stop ok. David Bowie, Prince, Muhammed Ali and more... :sad01_anim: :sad02: Gone but never forgotten. RIP #TheGreatest #Warrior #Legend
June 4, 201610 yr Losing too many greats this year. May he RIP. Thoughts and prayers to family and friends.
June 5, 201610 yr not many ppl know this , but in 1990 he went to Iraq , negotiated with Saddam , and freed 15 U.S soldiers that were held there ..
June 5, 201610 yr RIP. What a man. "If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
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