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Muhammad Ali just passed away. (nbcnews.com)

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[–]Angrymanager 205ポイント206ポイント  (3子コメント)

My Dad worked at the Four Seasons here in Chicago and met a lot of celebrities before he retired.

The one story I like telling people is when he helped Muhammad Ali about 10 years ago. My Dad mentioned how quiet he was, he helped him out of his car and asked him if he could carry help carry his luggage to his room and Muhammad nodded. He said he didn't say a word in the elevator on the way up to his room. When they got to his room, he put his bags next to his bed and was about to head out, then Muhammad Ali tapped my Dad on his shoulders. My Dad turned around to find Muhammad in his fighting stance they started shadow boxing right there. They laughed, He gave my dad a tip and went on his way.

That was the time my Dad Shadowboxed with The Greatest of All Time. Rest in Peace.

[–]kcman011 24ポイント25ポイント  (1子コメント)

Man, I've been hearing a lot of stories recently from people who encountered Ali in his later years, most of them mentioning how quiet and humble he was. A complete 180° from how he was in his youth. I could listen to that man rant about anything for hours, especially when it came to either his boxing, his opponents or social issues. The world lost truly one of a kind last night.

[–]JerkwaterJeff666 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unfortunately, it was the Parkinson's that took his voice.

[–]AshleyPomeroy 16ポイント17ポイント  (0子コメント)

Suddenly there is moisture coming out of my eyes. Dammit.

[–]lesbiancarwash 144ポイント145ポイント  (5子コメント)

No way.. Muhammad was my dad's role model, who passed away quite brutally 4 years ago. He talked about Muhammad all the time, and quoted him too. I still find myself quoting him via my dad. Ugh. This makes me really sad. RIP Muhammad Ali. You're a bad man, and pretty too!

[–]ipleadthefif5 35ポイント36ポイント  (2子コメント)

Same thing with my dad. He passed away in 2010. Biggest Cassius fan I've ever seen. I'd occasionally catch him watching old fights on classic sports early in the morning. Its one thing for a person to be your hero, it's another for a person to be yours and your dad's hero

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    [–]thisbecharlie 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Am I making you uncomfortable?

    [–]LegendOfJuan 262ポイント263ポイント  (12子コメント)

    Fuck. I just came from the thread about him being out on life support. God fucking dammit why do great people have to leave.

    [–]Okichah 71ポイント72ポイント  (3子コメント)

    There is no great gift without great cost.

    Life is the greatest gift, and even more so because the cost we pay is at the end of it. So we must enjoy it, and wring every moment dry so that we get its worth.

    [–]NewFonWhoDis 24ポイント25ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Pffft pffft pfft

    -okichah, writing that comment

    [–]Neh1se 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

    everyone have to leave

    [–]just_a_thought4U 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

    No one gets off this world alive.

    [–]tdfrantz 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

    That's usually how life works

    [–]NuclearDoot 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    This is fucking robin Williams all over again

    [–]Jacktheunpleasent 84ポイント85ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.

    He moves like the Black Superman, he calls to the other guy,

    I'm Ali, catch me if you can.

    The greatest is no more.

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      [–]Bamboozle_ 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

      [–]canucksrule 54ポイント55ポイント  (8子コメント)

      Fuck 2016

      [–]SmugSceptic 26ポイント27ポイント  (0子コメント)

      56 wins (37 knockouts, 19 decisions), 5 losses (4 decisions, 1 KO)

      Muhammad Ali defeated every top heavyweight in his Era.

      Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, stating publicly, "no Vietcong ever called me nigger". He was systematically denied a boxing license in every state and stripped of his passport. 

      He was the recipient of the 1997 Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Two years later, in 1999, theBBC produced a special version of its annualBBC Sports Personality of the Year Award ceremony, and Ali was voted their Sports Personality of the Century, receiving more votes than the other four contenders combined.

      On September 13, 1999, Ali was named "Kentucky Athlete of the Century" by the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the Galt House East.

      On January 8, 2005, Muhammad Ali was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush.

      Later that November, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony and the "Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold" of the UN Association of Germany (DGVN) in Berlin for his work with the US civil rights movement and the United Nations (December 17, 2005).

      He passed away at 74.

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 59ポイント60ポイント  (44子コメント)

      Only one person left from the 1800s has to be a lot of pressure

      [–]Jacktheunpleasent 47ポイント48ポイント  (39子コメント)

      Christ, after she's gone, we'll lose the last living link to an entire century.

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 21ポイント22ポイント  (34子コメント)

      I was thinking, who was the oldest living person alive when she was born, and then the oldest living person when they were born, etc then how few links it would be back until like the pilgrims or Columbus or something. I heard something that you can do just the presidents in 3 or 4 links from Obama to Washington.

      [–]Beagle_Bailey 37ポイント38ポイント  (8子コメント)

      President Tyler became president in 1841. He still has two grandchildren who are still alive.

      [–]Lolworth 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Here's a witness to Abraham Lincoln's assassination being interviewed on TV

      [–]RussianGrammarJudge 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

      That dude is a fuckin badass. 93 years old, fell down the stairs on his way to the studio, big ol black eye, still went on TV, AND told the sponsor of the show that he didn't want their product. Legendary.

      [–]Lolworth 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Indeed, precisely out of fucks to give

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I heard one of them on a podcast. Mind blowing.

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

      Just did it. Obama to Herbert Hoover to Andrew Johnson to John Adams to Washington. Washington died in 1799 so the gap between him and Adams is tiny compared to the rest of the jumps Source:Image

      Edit: died

      [–]Bamboozle_ 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Uhh, Washington was fighting in the American Revolution in 1776, kind of hard to do if he wasn't born until 1799.

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Oops fixed. Thanks.

      [–]Bamboozle_ 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      No worries, couldn't resist the joke along with it.

      [–]NewFonWhoDis -4ポイント-3ポイント  (24子コメント)

      The answer to every one of those questions is Cain. Cain is the oldest human still alive.

      [–]michiel13 2ポイント3ポイント  (23子コメント)

      Were not talking about fictional characters.

      [–]NewFonWhoDis -2ポイント-1ポイント  (22子コメント)

      Neither am I, son.

      [–]michiel13 1ポイント2ポイント  (21子コメント)

      Unless you're talking about John McCain, you are.

      [–]NewFonWhoDis 1ポイント2ポイント  (20子コメント)

      No I'm not.

      [–]michiel13 1ポイント2ポイント  (19子コメント)

      Then who are you talking about?

      [–]NewFonWhoDis 1ポイント2ポイント  (18子コメント)

      Cain from the bible. He's the third-ish human and Go cursed him to be alive until the end of days. So, he's the oldest human alive today.

      [–]parrotsnest 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Nah man. Box turtles.

      [–]decdash 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Unless you count clams and tortoises

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I like turtles.

      [–]BlackPrinceof_love 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      My parents who are their 50's met ww1 vets in the 80's, so not for a while yet.

      [–]2nuhmelt 26ポイント27ポイント  (2子コメント)

      What does this have to do with Ali?

      [–]Drutarg 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Wondering the same thing. Ali wasn't born in the 1800s so I'm not sure what this has to do with anything.

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Image

      [–]Nomar_Garciawhiner 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      rankings

      [–]TheSandyRavage 21ポイント22ポイント  (10子コメント)

      Holy shit...the Queen is next.

      Make my words.

      [–]JerkwaterJeff666 16ポイント17ポイント  (5子コメント)

      I think you mean 'mark my words'.

      [–]CplUseless 35ポイント36ポイント  (2子コメント)

      No he is literally telling someone to take her out so he is right.

      [–]Professorsloth64 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

      That'll cost you about $13

      [–]CplUseless 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Is that what a pint of Guinness goes for in Dublin now?

      [–]TheSandyRavage 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Reference

      [–]JerkwaterJeff666 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Oh that is something Ricky would say.

      [–]Rethious 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Lizard people don't die of old age.

      [–]bradtwo 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      sounds like a threat.

      [–]ReeceRacing 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      No she's not. Her mum cracked 100. And she'll have the best of medical science at her disposal to keep her alive as long as possible.

      [–]BigSexyPlant 13ポイント14ポイント  (3子コメント)

      Yet, Zsa Zsa Gabor is missing all her limbs at 99 and still alive

      [–]BlueAndOrange92 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

      She is barely hanging on. She was rushed to the hospital with a feeding tube infection filling her lungs back in February of this year

      How she looks now

      In better years

      [–]peppercorns666 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

      I Had no idea. Poor woman that spirit to live is super strong.

      [–]br8vef4rt 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I think her family (specifically her husband) are being unfair towards her. I'm sure that in her healthy state she would never have asked to be artificially kept alive for so long with such a poor quality of life. I'm hoping she goes before 2017.

      [–]Beejsterb 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

      GODDAMIT FUCK

      [–]kcman011 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      FUCK

      [–]Eddy_Khadra 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      No way man.. one of the fucking greats just gone like that.. life's crazy. RIP you will be missed dearly :(

      [–]trixy_mia 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Add this to the sidebar.

      [–]mayan33 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      rest like butterfly, dream like a bee!

      [–]MartinLoofah 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I done wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done hand cuffed lightning throw thunder in jail. Thats Bad. Only last week I done murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I'm so mean I make medicine sick.

      Truly the greatest

      Rest In Peace

      [–]Waynenewtonsbrother 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Hope Angels float like butterflies :(

      R.I.P

      [–]Emptyashes 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Rest in peace champ.

      [–]I_read_ur_history 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      This man is my idol. I am truly sad to see him go at only 74.

      [–]NoStopImDone 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

      It just feels unfair at this point. Just an insane amount of incredibly talents and people, gone from our lives.

      [–]Beagle_Bailey 20ポイント21ポイント  (1子コメント)

      But you have to admit, Ali was incredibly ill for a long time. I'm impressed by his ability to fight to stay alive as long as he had.

      When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics, he was severely affected by his parkinson's, and yet that was 20 years ago. (Holy shit, that was 20 years ago.)

      [–]NoStopImDone 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Absolutely. Knowing people who have had to struggle with similar diseases and how much pain they were in, it really is amazing that Ali was able to fight it for so long. At this point, I am happy that he doesn't have to be in pain any longer.

      Still an incredibly sad day for the world, we lost one of the most iconic people in recent memory.

      [–]My-whatever-account -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      At least we still have Justin Bieber

      [–]BlatantConservative 9ポイント10ポイント  (14子コメント)

      For a guy who's entire job was fighting, its amazing that Ive never heard anything bad about him and Ive heard a lot of good things.

      The world just lost a pretty cool guy.

      [–]cefgjerlgjw 12ポイント13ポイント  (13子コメント)

      If you never heard anything bad about him, you weren't listening. By all accounts, he matured and became a wonderful person in his old age, but in his youth he was an asshole a lot of the time.

      He had serious issues with women. He wasn't above using serious racial slurs and playing into awful stereotypes before his fights. He had a massive case of narcissism. Etc.

      [–]xxhamudxx 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

      And he was the Greatest.

      [–]Lolworth 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      He was in some ways the Kanye West of his day, and I mean that in respect to both men.

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (10子コメント)

      Sounds just like Mike Tyson. Does boxing make people like that, or does boxing attract those kind of people?

      [–]AshleyPomeroy 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

      I suppose it's a fundamentally violent sport, and like all sports it's all about elitism. It attracts a bunch of incredibly focused people who have an overwhelming urge to crush their enemies, drive them before them etc. The amazing thing about Ali was that he wasn't an inarticular monster, at least not all the time. And he grew up in a tougher age. I always thought his narcissism was endearing.

      Boxers seem to mature with age, though, perhaps because have nothing to prove when they're older. Foreman, Tyson, Ali and so forth mellowed out when they got old. The Ukranian bloke became a politician.

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      So in a nutshell, boxing attracts those people lol. Thank you, that was very well thought out and articulated. I can see why you write a blog ;).

      [–]cefgjerlgjw 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

      Well, as far as I know Ali never served a prison sentence for rape...

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Tyson did that? Damn... TIL.

      [–]cefgjerlgjw 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson#Rape_conviction.2C_prison.2C_and_conversion

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      Mike Tyson

      Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson's rape trial took place in the Marion County superior court from January 26, 1992 to February 10, 1992.

      Desiree Washington testified that she received a phone call from Tyson at 1:36 am on July 19, 1991 inviting her to a party. Having joined Tyson in his limousine, Washington testified that Tyson made sexual advances towards her. She testified that upon arriving at his hotel room, Tyson pinned her down on his bed and raped her despite her pleas to stop. She ran out of the room and asked Tyson's chauffeur to drive her back to her hotel.[citation needed] Partial corroboration of Washington's story came via testimony from Tyson's chauffeur, Virginia Foster, who confirmed Desiree Washington's state of shock. Further testimony came from Thomas Richardson, the emergency room physician who examined Washington more than 24 hours after the incident and confirmed that Washington's physical condition was consistent with rape.[1]

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      [–]wanderingtroglodyte 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

      I don't think there wil ever be answers to this. I often wonder if being a lawyer makes you a drunk, depressive, pessimist or if that draws you to the law.

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Are you a lawyer? You tell me lol, what do you think?

      [–]wanderingtroglodyte 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Yes. I think it's definitely both.

      [–]Handlifethrowaway 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Fair enough. Any theories as to why that is?

      [–]IAmA_Cloud_AMA 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

      I am so sorry for my ignorance, but I thought he died long ago? Why are so many places in the states named after him, and there's a whole museum for him in Louisville? Were all these tributes to him built after his career ended? Is it common to memorialize living people in the US?

      [–]TheLastLivingBuffalo 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

      This sounds like genuine curiosity, not sure why you've been downvoted.

      Ali was an icon and has been a household name for decades. Not sure what you're referring to when you say "so many places in the states named after him." But it's not to rare for aging icons to be honored by street names or such, or even museums, like in Louisville. For example, Michael Jordan, widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time, has had several museum exhibits featuring him. I've also seen a few basketball courts named after him. He's still alive and his athlete career ended more recently than Ali's.

      Additionally, Ali has been sidelined by Parkinson's since 1984. He's been fading from the spotlight ever since. While he certainly wasn't gone from public life, he did disappear from the headlines and people started forgetting that he was still there. So he was still famous but not in the spotlight, and people started to honor his past career.

      [–]IAmA_Cloud_AMA 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      That makes sense, thanks so much for explaining! I had just heard about him being such a huge legend in the past, and have seen buildings, facilities, streets, gardens, and more named after him. The fact that he went from being hugely famous to nobody ever mentioning him in news or media made me assume he had died a while ago, as well as the fact that once I saw a garden that was a memorial tribute to him, and I assumed that meant he had passed away.

      I hope his years out of the spotlight were wonderful for him.

      [–]JerkwaterJeff666 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      It is somewhat common. For instance we have libraries for former presidents, which usually open while they're still living. We also often retire the jerseys of sports stars who are exceptionally adept in their sport. This is mostly done when they are still alive. Also, yes, these tributes popped up after his career ended. They are, however, confined mostly to the Louisville area I believe.

      [–]jdepps113 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      RIP to a goddamn legend.

      [–]ConorTheCreator 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Extremely sad news. He was more than just one of the greatest boxers of all time, he was a cultural icon whose legacy is permanently engraved in the world. R.I.P.

      [–]NSA_GOV 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      TIL there is a subreddit called /r/fuck2016

      [–]NeilPoonHandler 4ポイント5ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Fuck this year. Why are so many awesome people shuffling off this mortal coil lately?

      [–]Lolworth 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

      People who were young during the television boom of the 60s are beginning to die. It'll carry on from here out.

      Previously famous people were government, monarchs or a smaller number of film stars.

      [–]Chitownsly 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

      People we grew up with are dying just like the previous gen had to go through. Sadly this is part of growing up and slowly making our own way to that mortality

      [–]BlackPrinceof_love 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      He is very old and has been sick for a very long time.

      [–]Xumayar 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Meanwhile, Don King still lives.

      Fuck2016

      [–]-Mattwi 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

      whats so bad about Don King? I legitimately don't know.

      [–]Geones 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

      He was a boxing promoter who stole money from the fighters he was promoting.

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        [–]JerkwaterJeff666 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Really? I can't even go here and get away from politics? Smh.

        [–]Cpl_Cocks 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Man. I've only really realized this is just going to keep happening more and more.

        [–]the-hossboss 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Dang it.

        [–]chapathitoaster14 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        R.I.P Muhammed Ali, an awesome man.

        [–]Handlifethrowaway 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Never seen this sub before, but I like it already. Fuck 2016.

        [–]ArnoldAceJudasRimmer 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Thought he'd died years ago. :(

        [–]RoseBladePhantom 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Name 3 of his songs.

        [–]Star-spangled-Banner 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

        R.I.P.

        GOAT

        [–]dennisb407 1ポイント2ポイント  (12子コメント)

        R.I.P. Mr. Clay

        [–]-Mattwi 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

        Why do people choose to call him that when he specifically wanted to not be?

        [–]Bak8976 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        His momma done named him, Cassius, so im gonna call him Cassius.

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        [–]GIRATINAGX 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        I am so done. Fuck you, 2016. How could you.

        [–]LadySaberCat 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Why do we lose the most influential people first? I'm not really into boxing at all but still I always admired Ali :'(

        [–]Ozley 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Wait this is a subreddit

        [–]cammibis 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        This year is going to be full of heartbreaks, I can feel it :(

        [–]NYRangers1313 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Muhammad Ali was able to tussled with a whale.

        done handcuffed lightning

        And throw thunder in jail.

        just last week, he murdered a rock,

        Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick.

        He was so mean, he made medicine sick.

        RIP Muhammad Ali

        [–]Dseff 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        I didn't even realize he was still alive

        [–]speaks_your_mind -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        The least NBC News could do was use a properly formatted image with the correct aspect ratio.

        [–]red-african-swallow -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Hmm thought he was dead already kinda feel bad about that. RIP

        [–]theabolitionist -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

        I met him when I worked in Louisville, he didn't say much.

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