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 Ali retired from boxing in 1981 to devote his time to religion, philanthropy, and activism.[([[https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/obl06k/til_outside_the_ring_muhammad_ali_attained/|reddit]])] Ali retired from boxing in 1981 to devote his time to religion, philanthropy, and activism.[([[https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/obl06k/til_outside_the_ring_muhammad_ali_attained/|reddit]])]
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 +===== Parkinson's Disease =====
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 +In 1984, he revealed his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, which some attribute to boxing-related injuries. Despite his and his specialist physicians' denials, he remained a prominent public figure around the world. As his condition worsened, he made fewer public appearances in his later years, and he was cared for by his family.[([[https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/muhammad-alis-advocacy-parkinsons-disease-endures-boxing-legacy/|parkinsonsnewstoday]])]
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 +===== Brother =====
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 +He only had one brother. Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. named him after his father, who had a sister and four brothers.[([[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_Sr.|wikiwand]])]
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 +===== Father =====
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 +His father was named after Cassius Marcellus Clay, a 19th-century Republican politician and staunch abolitionist from Kentucky. John Clay and Sallie Anne Clay were Clay's father's paternal grandparents.[([[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_Sr.|wikiwand]])]
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 +===== Sister =====
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 +Sallie, according to Clay's sister Eva, is a native of Madagascar.[([[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_Sr.|wikiwand]])]
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