Ali died on Friday night June 03,2016 at the age of 74 at a hospital in Arizona where he spent the last years of his life because the weather was more suitable for him as he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.
On Saturday June 04,2016, Louisville Mayor ordered that American flags be flown at half-mast at all government buildings in the city until Ali is buried.
The importance of Muhammad Ali goes beyond boxing and embeds itself in the turbulent times in the 1960s, during the African-American Civil Rights Movement, when the boxer refused military service in Vietnam and called for the equality of all people regardless of religion, social status and skin colour.
Ali converted to Islam and was a member of the religious organisation the 'Nation of Islam', like Malcolm X, symbol of the most radical civil rights movement in the 60s.
According to Ali's beliefs, his burial will be led by an imam and conducted under Muslim rites.
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