The heavyweight former champion Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, will be buried on Friday (10) in Louisville, Kentucky. The admiration of ritual and respect of the American people to the athlete will be headed by former US president Bill Clinton, actor and director Billy Crystal and the journalist Bryant Gumbel, an icon of the NBC television network.
The tribute to Muhammad Ali provides a procession with the body of the boxer in the streets of Louisville. According to the family spokesman Bob Gunnell, the procession will allow the population of the city to bid farewell to the sport.
The procession will pass the street Muhammad Ali, the name given by the city hall in honor of the sportsman who was born and raised in the city. All public buildings in Louisville are already with flag at half mast.
Muhammad Ali will be buried in a private family ceremony. But there will be both an interreligious service dedicated to the former champion, the main sports arena of Louisville, to be broadcast live to the entire US territory.
Boxer died late on Friday (3), at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, at age 74. He suffered from Parkinson's disease for decades, having been hospitalized this week for respiratory, followed complications of generalized infection, reported Bob Gunnell.
Personalities of political, cultural and sporting world continue publishing tributes to Muhammad Ali, who distinguished himself by winning on three different occasions, the world heavyweight title, and a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics.
But he was also famous for his actions outside the ring. After refusing to join the military service in 1967, Ali lost not only his boxer's license and was also sentenced to five years in prison ,. Only he was released on bail. With his sharp tongue, he took advantage of the interviews - at the height of his career - to protest the Vietnam War.
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In a statement published on the White House website, President Barack Obama sent condolences to the family boxer. Obama said that "Muhammad Ali was not only a skilled poet in microphone and a fighter in the ring, but a man who fought for what was right, who fought for us." Obama was referring to the fight outside the Muhammad rinks there in favor the rights of the US black population.
Former President Clinton, citing his wife Hillary Clinton, who is running for nomination to be a candidate for the Democratic Party in the presidential elections of the United States, made the following statement: "Hillary and I are saddened by the departure of Muhammad Ali Since the day. he took the Olympic gold medal in 1960, the world boxing fans around the knew they were seeing a mix of beauty and grace, speed and strength that may never be seen again, "said Bill Clinton.
Actor Michael J. Fox, who also suffers from Parkinson's, published on social networks the following statement about Muhammad Ali: ".. A giant, an inspiration, a man of peace, a warrior for healing Thank you"
The Madonna posted on Twitter: "It shook the world God bless you.." Also on Twitter, the former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, said, "God came to their champion Forever a great man.".
George Foreman, who in 1974 fought Muhammad Ali, said: "A part of me is gone," On the Internet the Olympic Games, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, made the following statement:. "Muhammad Ali was an athlete who touched the hearts of people around the world. An athlete who fought for peace and tolerance. He was an Olympic true. "
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, defender of human rights causes and friend of Muhhamad Ali said: "He was a champion in the ring, but more than that, a hero out of the ring. When champions win, people take them out of the field on their shoulders. When heroes win, people walk on their shoulders. We rode in Muhammad Ali 'shoulders.
Muhammad Ali lived near Phoenix, in the state of Arizona with his fourth wife, Lonnie, whom he married in 1986. He had nine children.
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