Gallery: The Death of the Champ: Muhammad Ali, 1942 - 2016
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Muhammad Ali, circa 1964.
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Ali won gold in the light heavyweight boxing division at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Ali during a bout with Charlie Powell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1963. Ali won in three rounds.
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Ali in action against Sonny Liston in the World Heavyweight Title at Convention Hall in Miami, on February 25, 1964.
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Ali exulting in victory over Liston.
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Ali with Malcolm X in Harlem in 1964
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The Beatles paying a visit to one of Ali's training sessions in Miami in April 1964.
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Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian for a 1968 cover of Esquire.
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Ali trains for his fight against Oscar Bonavena on December 7, 1970 in New York.
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Ali near his training center in Kinshasa, on October 19, 1974 , eleven days before the heavyweight world championship against George Foreman, known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
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Ali and Joe Frazier meet with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos before the WBC/WBA Heavyweight Title fight — known as the Thrilla in Manila, in September 1975.
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Ali stands behind a podium in a stage costume as he performs an excerpt from 'Buck White' a Broadway musical in which he starred, on an episode of Ed Sullivan's 'Toast of the Town,' in New York, on January 18, 1970.
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Ali and Janet Evans carry the Olympic Flame at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, GA on July 19, 1996.
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President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Muhammad Ali after presenting the former heavyweight champ with the Presidential Citizens Medals at the White House in 2001.
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Actors Will Smith and Michael Bent film a scene in the movie "Ali" in February 2001 in Los Angeles.
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President George W. Bush presents boxing legend Muhammad Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 9, 2005.
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Bids are placed for "Muhammad Ali" by Andy Warhol at a Christie's auction in New York, in November 2007. The winner bid $8.3 million for the work, which had been estimated to see for $2-3 million.
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Singer Jennifer Hudson shakes hands with Ali, as his wife Yolanda Williams looks on during the 40th NAACP Image Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on February 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
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Cassius Clay between training sets at the Main Street Gym in Los Angeles, California, preparing for his bout against Archie Moore, in October 1962.
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