Muhammad Ali is Dead

Earlier today, we reported that Muhammad Ali was on the verge of death. Statement released by his family members has confirmed his death at the wee hours of Saturday in Arizona, United States. He died of respiratory deteriorated condition and Parkinson's disease. Prior to his death, he was kept on life-support, after he found it difficult to breath. He was 74 years at the time of his death.

His funeral would take place at his family residence in Kentucky, in what is planned to be a "very private" funeral on Thursday, while a public funeral would be on Friday at KFC Yum, Louisville, Kentucky. It is expected that former President Bill Clinton shall among others give a eulogy at a later event on Friday. Other persons expected, as had been request by the GREATEST OF ALL TIME, to give eulogies are Bryant Gumbel and Billy Crystal.

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While the tributes have been pouring out, including that of the United President, Barack Obama, who stated "Ali shook up the World - and the World is better for it", one of the daughters of the legendary boxer, Hana Ali, has revealed that her late father was a fighter even unto death. According to her tweet, Muhammad Ali's heart beat 30 minutes even after his other "organs failed". "His heart wouldn't stop beating", Hana states, depicting what kind of a man he was. He defiled all medical permutations regarding his life expectancy when diagnosed of Parkinson's disease, at which time he was told that he would not live more than 10 years from the time of diagnosis. However, Muhammad Ali persevered and fought the life threatening disease for 32 years, until he gave in on June 04, 2016.

Despite his daring approach to life challenges, even unto death, and challenging opponents in the boxing ring, he refused to be drafted into the American Army for the Vietnam War, He stated afterwards that "all they wanted was to kill kill". He held the opinion that killing was not good, just as war was not. However, he was convicted for this refusal and sentenced to jail. His conviction was later to be overturned by the American Supreme Court on technicalities in 1971.