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Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

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