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10 Pall Bearers Load Muhammad Ali's Casket Into The Hearse.
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10 Pall Bearers Load Muhammad Ali's Casket Into The Hearse.
Gene Dibble IV: Gene Dibble IV is the son of the late Gene Dibble III, who was Muhammad Ali's business agent. When he became a stockbroker in 1956, Dibble Sr was one of just three African American brokers working for Chicago investment firms. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 84.
John Ramsey: Radio personality and one of Ali's best friends.
Jerry Ellis: Jerry Ellis is the brother of Ali's former sparring partner Jimmy Ellis. Ali and Jimmy were foes in the boxing ring, but they grew up close friends in Louisville. Jimmy died in 2014.
Komawi Ali: Ali's former brother-in-law.
Jan Waddell: Ali's younger cousin who he used to babysit before becoming a household name. Ali also helped pay for him to go to law school and become an attorney.
Ibn Ali: Ali's nephew. In a 2009 interview, Ibn said it was a 'blessing and a curse' to be one of Ali's relatives 'because a lot of people want to hold you up to his standards'.
Lennox Lewis: The former heavyweight champion of the world, who was Ali's favorite boxer.
Will Smith: Hollywood actor who played the boxing legend in the 2001 critically-acclaimed film Ali.
John Grady: Ali's cousin on his mother's side of the family. Ali's grandfather Abe Grady was born in Ennis, Ireland, and moved to America in the 1860s where he married a free African-American woman in Kentucky. The couple started a family and had children including daughter Odessa Lee Grady, who married Ali's father Cassius Clay, Sr.
Mike Tyson: Also a former heavyweight champion and world-famous boxer. Tyson was added to the list of pallbearers at the last minute, and took an overnight flight to make it to the funeral services.
FULL: Muhammad Ali Funeral Procession in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Memorial service in Louisville, Kentucky for boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Funeral procession begins at 9 a.m. EST
Muhammad Ali and his innermost circle started a document years ago that grew so thick they began calling it "The Book."
In the pages, the boxing great planned in exacting detail how he wished to say goodbye to the world.
"The message that we'll be sending out is not our message — this was really designed by The Champ himself," said Timothy Gianotti, an Islamic studies scholar who for years helped to plan the services.
"The love and the reverence and the inclusivity that we're going to experience over the coming days is really a reflection of his message to the people of planet Earth."
The 74-year-old three-time heavyweight champion wanted the memorial service in an arena. He wanted multiple religions to have a voice while honoring the traditions of his Muslim faith. And he wanted ordinary fans to attend, not just VIPs.
Published June 10, 2016.
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The procession stopped outside his house. Ali's neighborhood was packed with people. The messages, flowers, the shadow boxers, the little boy in the superman t-shirt, etc. FANTASTIC :)
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