R.I.P. Muhammad Ali
Re: R.I.P. Muhammad Ali
This year sucks.
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R.I.P. Muhammad Ali
He's had years of health issues, or course, but it still hits hard.
I don't know if those born in the last 30 or so years can have any concept of how enormous a figure this guy was. Massively controversial, adored and despised -- Babe Ruth and P.T. Barnum in one package; the most famous black figure in the world during the Civil Rights era (yes, MLK was obviously greater, but he wasn't as widely known). For a long time, truly larger than life.
http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/muhamm ... 201788774/
I don't know if those born in the last 30 or so years can have any concept of how enormous a figure this guy was. Massively controversial, adored and despised -- Babe Ruth and P.T. Barnum in one package; the most famous black figure in the world during the Civil Rights era (yes, MLK was obviously greater, but he wasn't as widely known). For a long time, truly larger than life.
http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/muhamm ... 201788774/