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Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women--but all that stuff stopped.

Muhammad Ali

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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
Muslim
Stopped
Became
Stuff
Women
Chased
Pork

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