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I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

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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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