Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.
Ali died at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications.
He was 74.
He had endured a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease.
Muhammad Ali, the former Cassius Clay, was three times world heavyweight champion.
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