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Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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Professional Boxer
Louisville
Kentucky
Cassius Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
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The Greatest
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Sometimes
Howard
Dog

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