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Even today, if my title hadn't been given back to me and I was in such poverty where I had to go and find a job, I would have done that.

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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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