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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Interment LocationVisited 
Louisville, KYAugust 19, 2023 

Photographed August 19, 2023.
Photographed August 19, 2023.
Photographed August 19, 2023.
Photographed August 19, 2023.

Fast Facts

Born: January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky

Spouses: Sonji Roi (m. 1964-1966); Khalilah Ali (m. 1967-1977); Veronica Porché Anderson (m. 1977-1986); Yolanda Williams (m. 1986-2016)

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Awarded by George W. Bush (2005)

Died: June 3, 2016 in Scottsdale, Arizona

Cause of Death: Septic Shock

Age: 74

Interment: Cave Hill CemeteryLouisville, Kentucky

"What I suffered physically was worth what I've accomplished in life. A man who is not courageous enough to take risks will never accomplish anything in life."
- Muhammad Ali
October 28, 1984, at a news conference in Houston, Texas
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