June 17, 2013

Muhammad Ali Home from Hospital after Losing Consciousness

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*Muhammad Ali is back home and recuperating after he was hospitalized last month in Arizona, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The paper spoke with Ali’s close friend and Louisville radio personality John Ramsey, after Ramsey told Star magazine that the boxing icon had been hospitalized “after slipping out of consciousness at his Phoenix-area home.” Ramsey said [...]




Photos: Ali Among Mourners at Joe Frazier’s Funeral

Ali leaves after a memorial service for boxing legend Joe Frazier at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Monday

*Muhammad Ali was among the nearly 4,000 people who packed the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia for a two-hour “joyful celebration” of Joe Frazier’s life. The boxer died last week of liver cancer; he was 67. Frazier’s championship belt and a pair of gloves were draped over his casket. The Rev. Jesse Jackson asked [...]




Muhammad Ali Working to Free American Hikers in Iran

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*After sending a letter to Iran’s supreme leader requesting the release of two American hikers, Muhammad Ali is willing to visit the country as well to help secure their freedom, his wife tells the Associated Press. But Lonnie Ali says such a visit would depend on her husband’s health. Parkinson’s Disease has limited his speech [...]