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It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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Cassius Marcellus Clay
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