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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74

Saturday, 04 June 2016 3:49 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 04 June 2016 5:08 PM ]

This file photo taken on September 30, 2015 shows Sports Illustrated Group Editor Paul Fichtenbaum and Muhammad Ali at the Sports Illustrated Tribute to Muhammad Ali at The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. © AFP

Boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 74 in the US state of Arizona. The former heavyweight champion of the world was being treated for respiratory trouble at a hospital in the city of Phoenix.

Muhammad Ali is now remembered not only for his professional career as a boxer but also for his civil campaigns which kept going on, in spite of his long battle against Parkinson's disease.

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