Muhammad Ali strikes a boxers pose during a 1998 interview in Pittsburgh. The former boxer was the guest of honor at a fund-raising luncheon for the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Parkinsons Foundation.
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Muhammad Ali stumps for President Jimmy Carter, campaigning at a rally at Mount Nebo Baptist Church at 813 North Detroit Ave. in Toledo. He also appeared Saturday at Scott High School's homecoming football game, where he made brief remarks.
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Muhammad Ali stumps for President Jimmy Carter, campaigning at a rally at Mount Nebo Baptist Church at 813 North Detroit Ave. in Toledo. He was flanked by the Rev. A.L. Roach, left, and State Sen. Marigene Valiquette.
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U.S. boxers, from left, Wilbert McClure of Toledo, light middleweight; Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), light heavyweight; and Edward Crook of Fort Campbell, Ky., middleweight, wear gold medals at the Olympic village in Rome on Sept. 6, 1960.
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Muhammad Ali listens to the president of the National Parkinsons Foundation during a 1998 news conference in Pittsburgh.
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In this Feb. 8, 1962, photo, young fighter Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) is seen at City Parks Gym in New York.
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In this Nov. 15, 1962, photo, young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles.
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In this April 2, 1963, photo, boxer Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) is seen with his mother, Odessa Grady Clay.
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The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney spar up to Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay at the time, while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp on Feb. 18, 1964, in Miami Beach, Fla.
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Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay at the time, strikes a familiar pose as he shouts "I am the greatest," as he leaves the ring, arms raised, following his defeat of former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston on Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami Beach, Fla.
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In this March 1, 1964, photo, world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, right, is shown with Black Muslim Leader Malcolm X outside the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater in New York City, after watching a screening of films on Ali's title fight with Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
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In this May 25, 1965, photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is held back by referee Joe Walcott, left, after Ali knocked out challenger Sonny Liston in the first round of their title fight in Lewiston, Maine.
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In this May 25, 1965, photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, stands over challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw, in Lewiston, Maine.
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In this March 17, 1966, photo, heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali paused on the step and greeted a friend as he arrived at the Veterans building to appeal his 1A draft classification. Behind him, dark coat and hat, is his attorney, Edward Jocko of New York.
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In this Aug. 5, 1966, photo, heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, right, visits Cleveland Browns running back and actor Jim Brown on the film set of 'The Dirty Dozen' at Morkyate, Bedfordshire, England.
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In this Feb. 25, 1968, photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali speaks at a Black Muslim convention in Chicago. Seated behind Ali is Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam.
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In this March 6, 1971, photo, Muhammad Ali speaks on the phone while wearing a king's crown in Miami Beach.
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In this Aug. 7, 1972, photo, Muhammad Ali jokes with television sports commentator Howard Cosell before the start of the Olympic boxing trials in West Point, NY.
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In this Sept. 17, 1974, file photo, Muhammad Ali is greeted in downtown Kinshasa, Zaire.
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This Oct. 30, 1974, photo shows George Foreman taking a right to the head from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire.
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In this Oct. 30, 1974, photo, challenger Muhammad Ali watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire.
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Muhammad Ali watches George Foreman head for the canvas after being knocked out in the eighth round of their match in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974.
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Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxing champion, in 1975.
In this July 17, 1975, photo, sports promoter Don King stands between Muhammad Ali, left, the heavyweight champion, and Joe Frazier in New York.
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In this Oct. 1, 1975 photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right against challenger Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines.
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In this Oct. 1, 1975, photo, Muhammad Ali, left, grimaces as he exchanges blows with Joe Frazier in the first round of their title bout at the Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. It was, Muhammad Ali would later say, the closest thing to death he had ever known.
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In this July 19, 1996, photo, Muhammad Ali watches as the flame climbs up to the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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In this July 19, 1996, photo, American swimmer Janet Evans looks on as Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Atlanta.
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In this Nov. 9, 2005, photo, President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to boxer Muhammad Ali in the East Room of the White House.
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In this Dec. 17, 2005, photo, Muhammad Ali, left, looks to his daughter Laila after she won a nontitle fight against Asa Maria Sandell in Berlin, Germany.
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali poses at St. Joseph's Hospital Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix in 2012.
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