USA: Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016) Heavyweight Champion of the World three times between 1964 and 1979, anti Vietnam War activist, Civil Rights campaigner and Humanitarian, in1967

'Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., 17 January 1942 - 3 June 2016) was an American boxer who was the Heavyweight Champion of the World three times between 1964 and 1979.

An early anti Vietnam War activist, Ali refused the draft and memorably commented: 'They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. ... Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail'.

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Ira Rosenberg

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