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Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head.

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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Boxer
Professional Boxer
Louisville
Kentucky
Cassius Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Jr.
The Greatest
Ugly
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Holmes
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