(CNN) — His hands and his mouth were furiously fast. His skill as a boxer made him "The Greatest" in his mind and in the minds of many others.
He antagonized opponents with his taunts, amused reporters with his boasts and angered government officials with his anti-war speeches. At the same time, he goaded a stubborn, hard-nosed society with his stinging jabs against pervasive racism.
Since the mid-1960s, he had been one of the most famous faces on Earth, and even though his appearances in recent years were few, the name Muhammad Ali still sparked smiles all around the globe.
His death Friday at age 74 came after a lengthy battle against Parkinson's disease. Ali was diagnosed with the disease in 1984, three years after he retired from a boxing career that began when a skinny 12-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, amateur put on the gloves.

www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/world/muhammad-ali-obituary/index.html

My birthday Nairalanders.

RIP to him. all dead spirit should b careful so dat he dont kill dem with blow

Great hero!

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That's life, truely a time for everything! After all the good and bad times, there comes the time to die. RIP!