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By Julia Terruso and Claudia Vargas STAFF WRITERS The last time amajor party’s presidentialnominating convention came to town, riot-equipped Philadelphia policepatrolled the streets, jailing hundreds of protesters ahead of time on chargescourts later tossed out. This time, too, tens of thousands of protesters are ex- pected as the Demo- cratsmeet here July 25-28. But authori- tiesplan to greet themnot withround- ups and riotgear INSIDE but by handing out yEvenif $100 fines —ifnec- Clintonloses essary —and water California, bottles.Instead of she’slikely batons,protesters to clinch the can look forward to nomination. cooling down in But it would “mistingtents.” still hurt. A3. That is, if every- Muhammad Ali stands over SonnyListon after beating Listonfor the second time,inMay 1965, to remain heavyweightchamp.Hewas thing goes accord- Currents stripped of his title in 1967for refusing induction into the Army, but he returned to the ring in 1970 and wonthe title twice more. AP ing to plan in a yTrump’s presidential year foreign- whenlittle has policyideas The brashboxing champion transcended thering gone that way.Phil- dangerous adelphia—like forU.S. and Cleveland, where world. Trudy to become acultural forcelikenoother. Republicanscon- Rubin, C1. Time for vene the week be- y GOP soul- fore —isbracing BY DON STEINBERG FORTHE INQUIRER searching. MORE COVERAGE INSIDE for the unexpected. Harold yAli’sever-presentflair made him “We’re here to Jackson, C5. Ihave rassled with an alligator,Ihave tussled with awhale. popular around the world. A20. protect the rights I’ve handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. At Philadlephia gym and in Easton, of everyone,” Po- Only last week Imurdered arock, injured astone, hospitalized abrick. y lice Commissioner Richard Ross taking time to remember achampion. I’m so mean Imake medicine sick! said. “Wewill do so as we’ve done — Muhammad Ali, 1974 A21. multiple times, largely employing the same strategies,allowing peo- he Greatest is gone. mentofacareer in boxing,had progres- ySigne Muhammad Ali, 74, the effer- sively slowed his motorskillsand Wilkinson’s ple to protest peacefully,not engag- See CONVENTION on A17 vescent heavyweight boxing slurred his speech. tributeto champion who challenged the But during his prime, Mr.Ali’smind, Ali. A20. T U.S. government, became the mouth, and moves flashedlike light- yAcross most recognized face on the planet, and ning. That prime lasted from his gold- the world, INSIDE was named top athlete of the 20th centu- medal victory as askinny 18-year-old at ry,died Friday of respiratory complica- the 1960 Olympics, through his 1964 up- people WEATHER INDEX tions after being in aPhoenix-area hos- set over Sonny Liston to win the world weigh in on BLocal News pital for the last few days. title, through three epic battles with Joe the death of High 83, CCurrents “After a32-year battle with with Par- Frazier in the 1970s and two comeback Ali. A20-21. DSports kinson’sdisease,MuhammadAli has fights to regain the title, against George Low68 EBusiness SPORTS AccuWeather report, D14 FCars passed away at the age of 74. The three- Foreman and Leon Spinks. GHealth time world heavyweight champion box- “Ain’tnever been nothing like me,” he yThe Monday 85 | 67 HLive Life Love er died this evening,” family spokes- boasted, and he was right. champion set himself apart, in the ring Tuesday 83 | 62 JReal Estate man Bob Gunnell told NBC News. He had the handspeedofalight- and out. Bob Ford,D1. Wednesday 73 | 56 NTravel Mr.Ali’sParkinson’ssyndrome was weight, the footworkofadancer,aheavy- Thursday 74 | 58 Lotteries, B2 diagnosed in 1981, not long after his weight punch, agranite chin, aradar yDuring atime of cultural upheavalin Friday 77 | 60 Jobs, C6-8 retirement at age 39. The condition, be- defense, unbridled confidence, and the the ’60s and ’70s, Ali found himself at To advertisewith us, call 1-800-341-3413. lieved related to the physical punish- See ALI on A18 the center of it all. D6. ForalistofAdvertising Department numbers,see “ContactUs” on Page A4.

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©2016 Philadelphia Media Network |Home Delivery: 215-665-1234 or 1-800-222-2765 |187th Year, No. 5|$2.25 in some locations A18 |THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 C|PHILLY.COM MUHAMMAD ALI | 1942-2016 Aboxer,and muchmore ALI from A1 caginess to outwit stronger opponents. “Ali was an absolute genius in the ring,” said Jim Jacobs, the late boxing historian. “The fast- est fighter I’ve ever seen, live or on film.” Mr.Ali won the heavyweight title three times, defended it 19 times, and closed his 21-year career with a56-5 record. Sports Illustrated and USA Today were among those to name him the top athlete of the 20th century. Next to the Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr.Ali was perhaps the most influential African American of his time. After he joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and rejected his “slave name” Cassius Clay,Mr. Ali re- fused to join the Army. “Why should they ask me to put on auniform and go 10,000 milesfrom home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam whileso-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?” he later told Sports Illustrated. He also, for atime, advocated black separatism and called Christianity the white man’sreli- gion. For avoiding the draft, Mr.Ali was stripped of his title and his license to box, from spring 1967 to fall 1970. He was put under FBI surveillance. “The man used his athletic abil- ity as aplatform …taking chanc- es that no one else took,” said Jim Brown, the greatNFL run- ning back and activist, in Tho- mas Hauser’sbook, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. “Ali was involved in the Vietnam War… in the struggle for racial equali- ty.The Montreal Canadiens, the Green Bay Packers,the New York Yankees, they weren’tin- volved in that. Ali was the most important figure in sports histo- ry.” Mr.Ali had audiences with headsofstate. He delivered ser- mons and aHarvard commence- ment address. He negotiated the release of American hostages in Iraq and hand-delivered medical supplies to orphanages in Africa and Asia. Atop-40 pop song Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, is lifted by ahandler after winning the heavyweighttitle from SonnyListonin1964. Associated Press about Mr.Ali in 1975 was called “Black Superman.” whuppin’. But anything Isay,I’m desire for attention. like abee,” was authored by down efforts by his managers to “Do you have any idea what willing to back up.” “Ali never messed with drugs, Brown, astreethustler fromHar- get him easy militaryduty,enter- Ali meant to black people?” base- Cosell gave his own Ali eulogy but he was ajunkie for fame,” lem who became Mr.Ali’strain- taining troops. ball Hall of Famer ReggieJack- of sorts to aTVaudience in 1974, said Drew “Bundini” Brown, an ing camp motivator. “Muhammad’sactions contribut- son once said. “As ayoung black, believing Ali would lose to Fore- Ali cornerman and confidante. Mr.Ali correctly called the ed enormously to the debate about at times Iwas ashamed of my man and retire: “Through all of Mr.Ali played himself in a1977 round in eight of his first nine whether the United States should color.Iwas ashamed of my the years, my own memories of movie, The Greatest.(In 2001, ac- pro fights but made fewer predic- be in Vietnamand galvanized hair.…Do you understand what him will be as afighter,and as tor Will Smith gained 35 pounds tionsasthe competition got some of his admirers to join pro- it did for black Americansto the strange,and curious, and gre- of muscletostar in the biographi- tougher. He began nicknaming tests against the war for the first knowthatthe mostphysically garious, and engaging, and some- cal movie Ali.) opponents: Liston was the Bear, time,” the late Sen. TedKennedy gifted, possibly the most hand- times cruel, and sometimes fami- Most of all, though, he was a Foremanthe Mummy,Floyd said in Hauser’sbiography. some, and one of the most charis- ly man that he is.” magnificent boxer.Asateenag- Patterson the Rabbit, Leon Whenhis banishmentfrom matic men in the world was Mr.Ali’sresponse, straight er,hefought 108 amateur bouts, Spinks the Vampire. boxing started in 1967, Mr.Ali black? The entire experience of intoTVcameras: “Howard, winning multiple championships He wore white shoes with red was the undefeatedworld cham- being black changed for millions you’re always talking about how by age 18. He won agold medal tassles, dropped his hands dar- pion, 29-0. By the time the U.S. of people because of Ali.” I’m not the same man Iwas 10 at the 1960 Rome Olympics, beat- ingly to his side in mid-ring, and Supreme Court overturned it, he His greatest fight was in Africa, years ago. Well, Ijust talked to ing aPolish fighter in the danced his famous Ali shuffle. At was more popular than ever — a1974 upset win over Foreman. It 22, he became the second-young- as amartyr and social force. was the $5 million purse, financed est man to win the heavyweight Although he was just 28 when by Zaire’s violent ruler,Mobutu Nowmylifeisreally starting. Fighting title when he upset Liston, as a he returned, the three years SeseSeko, that lured Mr.Ali to injustice, fighting racism, fighting crime, 7-1 underdog, in 1964. away from the ring hurt. fight there. But he was welcomed ¢ “Wenever saw him at his as afolk hero in the country’sdirt- fighting illiteracy, fighting poverty, using this face Disillusioned by racism he saw peak,” said his longtime trainer, road villages and cheeredby the world knows so well, and going out and around him and enthralledby Angelo Dundee. “He was still im- 100,000 in the arena where he re- “ the charismaticMuslim leader proving, getting bigger and stron- fighting fortruth and different causes. gained the world title. Malcolm X, he joined the Nation ger and more experienced in the Mr.Ali also changed the way Muhammad Ali, in 1990 of Islam and changed his name, ring. …God only knows how athletes spoke to the public. He first to CassiusXand then Mu- great he would have been.” called himself the prettiest, the your wife, and she said you’re 178-pound final. hammad Ali. Mr.Ali spent much of his exile wittiest —and nicknamed him- not the same man you were two It was upon his return from Mr.Ali’scontroversial 1965 re- pursuing the man who assumed self “The Greatest.” He mocked years ago.” Rome, at the Louisville Airport, match against Liston, held in a the heavyweight titleinhis ab- opponents, predicting knockout ¢ that the teenager recited the convertedhigh-school hockey sence: Joe Frazier,aSouth Caro- rounds, reciting poems. Born in Louisville in 1942 as first of his many boxing poems. rink in Lewiston, Maine, saw Lis- lina native who made Philadel- “If you think the world was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Mr. “Tomake America the greatest ton sag to the canvas and stay phia his home as ateenager. shocked when Nixon resigned, Ali started boxing when he was is my goal, downinRound 1from a“phan- The two fighters warred even Wait til IkickForeman’s be- 12 and almost immediately envi- So Ibeat the Russian, and I tom punch” thatnoone saw, when they weren’tfighting. Fra- hind.” sioned himself champion of the beat the Pole with Mr.Ali shouting: “Get up zier called Mr.Ali by the name He was like astand-up comic world. And for the USA won the Medal and fight!” Clay and labeled him adraft when the cameras were on, with a “It was like God was telling me of Gold.” There were rumors that Liston dodger.Mr. Ali called Frazier an brash media awareness —often that boxingwas my responsibili- Later he would use poetry to either was throwing the fight to Uncle Tomand The Gorilla. egged on by equallyloquacious ty,” he once said. forecast fights. repay gambling debts or wanted Descriptions varyofa1969in- broadcaster Howard Cosell —that In school he would pretend his “Moore in Four.” to avoid an assassin who might cident in whichMr. Ali and Fra- set atone for the self-referential name was being announced over “The boy likes to mix, so he be out to get Mr.Ali. zier nearly brawled in Philadel- excesses of future athletes. the loudspeaker system. “Cas- must fall in six.” In 1966, Mr.Ali announced his phia’sFairmount Park. In a “People say I’m cocky,” Mr.Ali sius Clay,heavyweight champion Perhaps his most famouslimer- intention to avoid the draft for staged confrontation that may or said. “Some say Ineed agood of the world.” He never lost that ick, “Float like abutterfly,sting religiousreasons.Heturned See ALI on A19

Muhammad Ali and his wife, Lonnie, leaving apartyin Thelegend with sportscasterHowardCosell, afrequent In 1996, avisibly shaking Ali lit the torchduring the Philadelphia in 2002. Ali’sParkinson’ssyndrome was foil, at an awards luncheon in NewYork in 1992. Ali had a opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The diagnosed in 1981. Daily News File Photograph brash media awareness. Associated Press scene wasviewedbyaworldwide audience. Associated Press PHILLY.COM |C SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 |THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER | A19 MUHAMMAD ALI | 1942-2016 property,including his likeness and the phrase “Float like abutterfly,sting like abee.” The company put acomputer- generated likeness of Ali boxing against himself in aPorsche 911 ad campaign and gave him an Instagrampage, among other things. In 1996, ashaky Mr.Ali lit the torch to openthe Olympic Games in Atlanta, an emotional scene for aworldwide audience. In November 2005, after receiv- ing the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he attended the opening of the $60 million Muham- mad Ali Center in Louisville. “I wantedmore than abuild- ing to house my memorabilia,” he said. “I wanted aplace that would inspire people to be the best that they could be at whatev- er theychose to do and to en- courage them to be respectful of one another.” ¢ Mr.Ali remained adevout Mus- lim until the end. His separatist racial views moderated after the death of ElijahMuhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, in 1975. Visiting the site of the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, Mr. Ali said: “Rivers, ponds, lakes, and streams —theyall havedif- ferent names. But they all contain water.Just as religions do. They all contain truths. Islam is peace.” Joe Frazier takes ahardright from Ali in the epic “Thrilla in Manila.”Ali wonthe 1975 fight, the thirdoftheir three battles, when Frazier did not Mr.Ali got his faith from his come out forthe 15th round. Thetwo fighters warred even when theyweren’t in the ring. Associated Press mother,Odessa Grady Clay,a household domestic worker and ALI from A18 devout Baptist who took her two may not have become serious, sons to church every Sunday. Mr.Ali went to the Philadelphia One of his mother’s grandpar- gym where Frazier was training ents, Abe Grady,was an Irish- —and alerted the media —chal- man who came to America from lenging Frazier to afight before County Clare in the 1860s, and agathering mob. Mr.Ali suggest- another was the son of awhite ed they take it to the park, but man and aslave. Frazier didn’tgo, according to Mr.Ali was named for Cassius both boxers’ autobiographies. MarcellusClay,anabolitionist In 1970, Mr.Ali bought aspa- whohad freed his slaves and cious house on North 72nd Street keptthemasemployees.Mr. in Philadelphia’sOverbrook sec- Ali’sfather, Cassius Sr., afrustrat- tion, denying that he was trying ed artist, made agood living in to invade Frazier’sturf. Louisville as asign painter.Mr. “That would be foolish to move Ali’s brother,Rudolph Arnette, into a$73,000 house …just to be who later took the Muslim name near someone,” he told the In- Rahaman Ali, had ashort career quirer.“Imoved herebecause as apro boxer and later became it’snear New York, and Idon’t amember of the Ali entourage. like to fly.” Mr.Ali had four wives and at Frazier held agrudge for de- least nine children and was an cades overhow Ali vilifiedhim openly unfaithful husband. His —first as the too-white “Uncle Ali as achild in first marriage, to Sonji Roi, was Tom” and then with the ugly ra- Louisville,Ky. He Ali in 1960, the year he wonOlympic gold as a annulled after three months. His cialepithet“gorilla.”Inhis 1996 began boxing at 12 lightheavyweight. File Photograph second wife, Belinda Boyd (later autobiography, Frazier called and soon after Khalilah Ali), was 17, adevout Mr.Ali a“mean-spirited egoma- imagined himself as Ali at age 12. “It waslikeGod wastelling me that Muslim chosen by Ali’sMuslim niac” andwrote: “I’ll openup aworld champion. boxing wasmyresponsibility,”hesaid. brethren. She was the mother of the graveyardand buryhis ass four of his children —Maryum, whenthe Lord chooses to take which he let Foreman punch re- Mr.Ali’scondition deteriorat- earnings of every heavyweight twins Rasheeda and Jamilla, and him.” peatedly until the big man ran ed, and he was found to have championbefore him. But Muhammad Jr. But in an early 2006 interview out of gas. Ali knocked Foreman Parkinson’ssyndrome (not Par- when he retiredin1979, much Veronica Porche,aForeman- withthe Inquirer,asMr. Ali’s out in Round 8. kinson’sdisease, as was some- of the money was gone after Ali poster contest model he met health faded, Fraziersaid:“Ifor- Ali and Frazier met afinal times reported).Parkinson’ssyn- bad business deals, taxes, theft, in Zaire, was wife No. 3. She had give him. It’suptothe Lord now time in 1975,inthe brutal “Thril- drome, which can be caused by exploitation,and his own gener- been his mistress openly,tothe to do the rest of it.” la in Manila.” Mr.Ali won when physical trauma, is aneurologi- osity.Atadinner in Las Vegas, embarrassment of Belinda, who Mr.Ali neverfought in Phila- Frazier couldn’tcome out for the cal disorder that causes tremors, where past heavyweight cham- left him. Veronica and Ali had delphia. But he bought houses 15th round. rigidity of muscles, and impaired pions were honored, each was daughter Hana before they were and lived in Cherry Hill twice, in Mr.Ali held the title until 1978, speech and balance. given adiamond ringworth married in 1977 and then had Lai- 1971 and 1976. In 1979, he pur- when he was upsetbyLeon Mr.Ali spent his middle years thousands of dollars. When Mr. la, who became aboxing champi- chased ahome in Bala Cynwyd Spinks, an Olympic champion shuffling stifflyfrom place to Ali left the stage, he passed a on herself. Mr.Ali didn’twant that he didn’tlive in. He set up a from St. Louis who had fought place, his once-expressive face little girl in awheelchair; her his daughter to become aboxer, training camp in Deer Lake, Pa., only eight pro bouts. seemingly frozen,his hands shak- mother asked Mr.Ali to pose but many of his publicappear- in the Pocono Mountains. The day after,Ali went back ing, his once-darting eyes glossed for apicture. He hugged the ances in his final years were at Mr.Ali’scomeback fight, in Octo- into training, chanting as he did over,his voice reduced to awhis- girl, kissedher,and left the her bouts. ber 1970, was in Atlanta, against his roadwork: “Gotta get my title per.But his mind remained sharp, ring in her hands. Mr.Ali’sfourth wife, Lonnie Jerry Quarry.Segregationist Geor- back, gotta get my title back.” and those closest to him said he Mr.Ali lost millions in endorse- Williams, grewupacross the gia governor Lester Maddox des- He got the title backfrom enjoyed his retirement years doing ments because of ludicrous “life- street from the Clay family in perately tried to stop it. As the Spinks six months later,atage what he called “God’swork, my time” contracts he signed in his Louisville. She was 5years old fight neared, racial harassment of 36, becoming the oldest to win it realmission in life.” youthand by giving away thou- whenMr. Ali was makinghis Mr.Ali peaked when agift box and the only three-time heavy- In 1990, when he was 48, he sands of autographs every year.Al- name as ayoung pro of 20. was delivered to his hotel room in weight champion. told biographer Hauser: “People though he had trustworthy friends, Lonnie and Ali were married Miami, where he was training. It His final title bout was an ill- say Ihad afull life, but Iain’t many were along for the ride. on Nov.9,1986. They have an dripped with blood and contained advised 1980 matchagainst dead yet. I’m just getting started. “I saw things done to him that adopted son, Asaad. Daughters achihuahua with its head sev- young champion Larry Holmes. All of my boxing,all of my run- made me sick to my stomach,” Miya and Khaliah are by women ered. Anote said: “Weknow how Mr.Ali, medicated and out of ning around, all of my publicity Dundee said. “And all he’d say Ali didn’tmarry. to handle blackdraft-dodging shape, had beenidlefor two was just the start of my life. was, ‘You have to forgive peo- “The ladies always loved him,” dogs in Georgia.” years. By then his speech was “Now my life is really starting. ple.’ ” Maryum said in one of his biogra- The fight went off without inci- noticeably slurred, and his reflex- Fighting injustice, fighting rac- In April 2006, CKX, the compa- phies. “I remember one time we dent. Arusty Mr.Ali stopped es had been slowed by years of ism, fighting crime, fighting illit- ny that produced American Idol were looking at pictures of him Quarry on cuts in the third punishing blowstohis head,liv- eracy,fightingpoverty,using and owned the rights to Elvis when he was young. Isaid, ‘Ooh, round. er,and kidneys. Mr.Ali lostev- this face the world knows so well Presley merchandising, paid the Daddy.Ooh, ooh. If you were my Five months later,Mr. Ali had ery round and endured the beat- and going out and fighting for Ali Trust $50 million for an 80 age now,I’d go for you.’ He achance to regain his title, ing of his life. The bout was truth and different causes. percent stake in the right to mar- looked at me, then he looked at againstFrazier at Madison stopped in the 10thround by “Talking about boxers bores ket Ali’sname and likeness. the pictures, and all he said was, Square Garden. Ali lost for the Dundee, his friend and trainer, me now.People today,they want CKX estimated that the “Ali ‘Yeah, Iwas pretty.’ ” first time in 32 pro fights. who had advised against it. me to talk like Iused to. ‘I’m the business” had brought in $4 mil- Afamily spokesman said Mr. But he beat Frazier in their He fought for the last time in greatest! I’m the prettiest! I’m lion to $7 million annually in re- Ali’sfuneral will be open to the 1974 rematch and finally re- 1981, one month short of his 40th this, and I’m that.’ But Idon’t cent years. An Ali-held company public Friday at 2p.m. at the gained his title that year with the birthday, a10-round loss to want to do that no more. There’s called GOAT(for “greatest of all KFC YumCenter in Louisville. upset over Foreman in Zaire — Trevor Berbick. bigger work Igot to do.” time”) retaineda20 percent Eulogies will be given by former the “Rumble in the Jungle.” Ali “Dundee told me, ‘Go out and ¢ stake. president Bill Clinton, Billy Crys- outwitted the stronger Foreman, hit him,’ ”Mr. Ali said afterward. Mr.Ali made some $55 mil- In 2013, AuthenticBrands tal, and Bryant Gumbel. using apeek-a-boo strategy he “I said, ‘You go out and hit him. lion in the ring, which at the Groupbought the rights to li- called the “rope-a-dope,” in I’m tired.’ ” timesurpassedthe combined cense Ali-related intellectual Jay Searcy contributed to this article.

George W. Bush presents the Medal of Freedom to Ali in 2005. Bush recalled on Saturday wondering howAli “stayed so pretty throughout so manyfights” and said it washis “beautiful soul.” EVAN VUCCI /AP

Arms raised in victory, Ali walks to his corner as referee Zack Clayton counts out George Foreman in the eighth round of their title bout, the “Rumble in the Jungle,” in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974. Associated Press