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 He is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.[([[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/713931-boxing-the-10-greatest-heavyweights-of-all-time|bleacherreport]])] He is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.[([[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/713931-boxing-the-10-greatest-heavyweights-of-all-time|bleacherreport]])]
 +
 +===== Sports Illustrated And BBC =====
 +
 +Sports Illustrated named him the greatest athlete of the twentieth century, and the BBC named him Sports Personality of the Century.[([[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/muhammad-ali-named-bbc-sportsman-of-the-century-741581.html|independent]])]
 +
 +===== Musician =====
 +
 +Outside of the ring, Ali achieved success as a musician, earning two Grammy nominations. [([[https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/obl06k/til_outside_the_ring_muhammad_ali_attained/|reddit]])]
 +
 +===== Actor And Writer =====
 +
 +He also worked as an actor and writer, and he published two autobiographies. [([[https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/obl06k/til_outside_the_ring_muhammad_ali_attained/|reddit]])]
 +
 +===== Retiring To Activism =====
 +
 +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]])]
 +
 +===== Parkinson's Disease =====
 +
 +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]])]
 +
 +===== Brother =====
 +
 +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]])]
 +
 +===== Father =====
 +
 +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]])]
 +
 +===== Sister =====
 +
 +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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