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BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

azureline** — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:32:42 GMT

BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is so ill he could be dead within days, his devastated brother has warned.

Rahman Ali told The Sun his 71-year-old brother - who is known as The Greatest - cannot speak and no longer recognises him.

"He's in a bad way. He's very sick,'' Rahman Ali said.

"It could be months, it could be days. I don't know if he'll last the summer. He's in God's hands."

Former heavyweight boxing champion Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984.

Very sad, my OH follows boxing so I know a fair bit about him, what a loss to his family and also the boxing world.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

happyroo_bunji — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:39:16 GMT

I do hope he passes quickly, it must be awful for him and his family at this time.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

crystal-gems — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:28:31 GMT

This has been refuted by his family....who have been talking to him.

They published a pic of him watching the Rose Bowl game on tv last night our time, and enjoing it and horsing around.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

crystal-gems — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:01:46 GMT

I just hope the family is right and not the news report.

I know a number of people who have spent time with him in informal situations (eg. air crew on international flights) and every one of them said that he the nicest and warmest person you could hope to meet.

He is a legend.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

crystal-gems — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:05:55 GMT

Honestly, I am a dill sometimes....he was watching the Super Bowl. The Rose Bowl is west coast.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

azureline** — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:18:17 GMT

This has been refuted by his family....who have been talking to him.

They published a pic of him watching the Rose Bowl game on tv last night our time, and enjoing it and horsing around.

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I hope you are correct then.:-x

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

ashjoma — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:19:49 GMT

I'm surprised he's lasted this long

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

crystal-gems — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:27:22 GMT

I hope you are correct then.

I didn't say this azureline..his family did. ..I was only passing it on from a subsequent news item. .

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

patchoo78 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:39:31 GMT

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/muhammad-ali-near-death-says-brother/story-fnd134gw-1226569664809

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

azureline** — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:41:39 GMT

I hope you are correct then.

I didn't say this azureline..his family did. ..I was only passing it on from a subsequent news item. .

? and I said I hope you are correct.:-)

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

cherry*135 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:53:33 GMT

He is/was a boxing legend. "Float like a butterfly sting like a bee - his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."

His wife, Lonnie, doesn't allow the brother Raman to visit Ali (according to media story). so how does he know his state of health?

When he got a 'star' on Hollywood Boulevard, he did not want it on the street (where all the rest are) because he didn't want people walking on it. It was placed on a wall just inside the Kodak Theatre instead.

Re: BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is dying.

azureline** — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:55:01 GMT

I wonder what he hoped to gain by the story? odd brother.