Of course, is the hometown of muhammad ali. We have new details at cnn about the final hours of muhammad alis life and also what the ali family will do in the coming days. A private service just for the close family members already planned for here in louisville on thursday. And then the rest of the world will have a chance to celebrate the life and really that is what the family wants. A celebration to celebrate the life of muhammad ali and remember the extraordinary accomplishments of americas legendary heavyweight champion. In the past couple of hours, we learned that the official cause of death of muhammad ali, a family spokesman said in his final moments ali was surrounded by family. Cnns Jason Carroll is in scottsdale, arizona, where ali passed away nearly 24 hours ago. Jason, tell us what youve learned. Reporter well, a little earlier we heard from the family spokesman, he gave us a lot of information, lot of details about what happened. He started out by explaining muhammad alis family checked e him into hospital monday, john, with respiratory issues. Initially they thought hed be fine because he pulled through so many times in the past. He was initially listed in fair condition then it became very clear that he was not going to make it. They called the family in, immediately began making plans and also saying their goodbyes. In terms of those plans, as you say, it will be parltially private and public as well. Next thursday, there will be a private service, family only. And then next friday, at 2 00 there will be a service open to the public and thats apparently what muhammad ali wanted. He wanted to share not only his life, but his memorial with everyone. People of all denominations. And so what were going to see next week is right where you are, there will be a motorcade, a procession that will go by the muhammad ali center, right through the Old Neighborhood and finally muhammad ali will be laid to rest at cahill cemetery. At 2 00, youre going to have that service open to the public. Former president clinton will be giving the eulogy. Sportscaster brian gumbel will be on hand. Billy crystal will be on hand to speak as well. The spokesperson who spoke to us here just a short while ago this afternoon also gave us details about muhammad alis final moments with his loved ones. They had a full day to say farewell to muhammad. All family members, all daughters and his son were in attendance and his wife. They got to spend quality time with him to say their final goodbyes, and it was a very solemn moment. Reporter little bit more details about that moment which comes to us from hana, one of his daughters. He said that they were all holding and hugging muhammad ali, they were whispering in his ear, we love you, its okay to let go, were going to be okay. And then she said at one point she said all of this organs failed but his heart wouldnt stop beating for 30 minutes. His heart just kept beating. No one had ever seen anything like it. A true testament to the strength of his spirit and his will. Also weighing in on this, john, is maryum ali. I call her may may. Ive known her many, many years. We talked about her father. She emailed me this morning, she said, jason, im happy my father no longer struggles, he is in a better place. God is the greatest. When i think about mary swum, k talkital talking about her father, in 196 when he carried the olympic flame. Before he was able to that, he turned to her and said do you think people will remember me . Hed be proud to know the outpouring of love and support coming from all over the world. John . Jason carroll, so great you brought this up. Were going to talk a lot more about it in just a second. Jason carroll in scottsdale, arizona. Thank you so much. As you said, private service here in kentucky on thursday with the family. Public service after a funeral procession through the streets here on friday. What is what muhammad ali wanted. These are plans, were told, laid out by muhammad ali several years ago. He wanted the world to celebrate his life and to do it together. Earlier today, former president clinton who will be eulogizing muhammad ali on friday, he took a moment while out on the campaign trail to remember his friend. When i was president , we had the olympics in atlanta. Those of you of a certain age may remember watching muhammad ali dealing with his parkinsons disease. The last bearer of the olympic torch up the ladder to light it. Once the most graceful, powerful athlete in the world with his hands shaking, holding on. He did his job. And to the very end, he was actually astonishingly good humored about the burden of his later years. So by the time he died, who he was as a person was greater than his legend which should be all of our goal in life. You want to be better than your publicity, not worse. Really is a remarkable picture of muhammad ali holding up that torch. It was almost as if he was holding up the entire world. Really, one of the most remarkable moments in the life of muhammad ali, one of the most remarkable moments in sports. On stage while billions of people watched, you could see it right there, ali lit the olympic cauldron. It was at the games in atlanta in 199 the6. His hands were shaking not from nerves, it was parkinsons disease. The crowd went mild the moment ali appeared. They didnt know he was going to be there. I dont even think my next guest knew. She was the final torchbearer before ali. She was on that stage. She calls that moment the defining moment of her olympic career. Which is saying a whole heck of a lot, considering her amazing accomplishments. Im joined now by olympic swimming legend, janet evans. Janet evans, an honor to be with you today. You once said you would trade all your olympic medals to relive that moment with muhammad ali. Tell us about it. Yes, john. Thank you for having me. You know, it was such an incredible moment for all of us and for me as an athlete, you know, who was at the olympics to win. I used to think the olympics was all about winning and gold medals and performance. Its a little bit of a cross roads in my career trying to figure out what this whole olympic thing was really all about and to have the honor to pass the torch to muhammad ali and stand there and watch him light the cauldron and listen to the stadium erupt and watch this man who was shaking but was there because he had the courage to be there and he was the champ whereo. To me, it was the moment my athletic career which defines what its about. Is being a champion, winning or losing, doing what makes you be a champion. And for me, it was my epiphany as an athlete and its kind of the lesson i have carried with me for the rest of my life. Honestly, im getting chills just looking at these photos right now. When did you know, when did you know that you were handing off the flame to muhammad ali . I billy payne who was the chairman of the Atlanta Organizing Committee asked me a couple weeks before the game to be the second to last runner which i was a little nervous because im a swimmer, im not good at running and then the night before under a veil of secre secrecy, i practiced at the stadium and muhammad ali was not there but they pulled me aside and told me it was going to be ali which made me, of course, even more nervous to pass the symbol of the Olympic Games to the champ. But, you know, there was a little concern that there might be some issues up on top when i did pass him the flame, but i nothing happened. He did it perfectly. I was a little nervous and i was standing to the side with my torch still lit which was not protocol. Youre supposed to turn your torch off and extinguish the flame but i kept my torch lit as asked in case there were any problems. Yes, i was told about 24 hours beforehand and sworn to absolute secrecy. I told no one. Well, good job on that because the world was so surprised, but surprised in the best of all possible ways. You had a chance after that to get to know him. I mean, youve been with him. You went on to host the 2015 muhammad ali awards. Just tell us the the humanitarian awards. Tell us what role he played in your life after the olympics in 1 1996. You know, i carried my memory and my lessons from that moment with muhammad ali with me for many years and i used it in my platform as an olympic champion, you know, to help inspire others and spread the olympic movement, you know, excitement which is, you know, were all champions. And last fall, i had the honor of emceeing the muhammad ali humanitarian awards which honors young people that live, you know, the life that he imagined us all living. So it was there that i was able to tell my story really for the first time from my point of view to him and his family. And for me to be able to do that was very important to me. I wanted him to know how much he changed my life and hopefully because of that, ive been able to change others lives, too. To be able to speak to his family and help them understand what it meant to me, i hope gave a glimmer of what a meaningful moment, even more of a glimmer of what a meaningful moment it was in the olympic movement. Im so glad you had that moment to share with him. Just quickly, janet, when you got the news last night or overnight or this morning like so many of us did that he had passed, i wonder what your first reaction was. Yes, i learned last night and i, you know, i think that we, you know, when i saw him in september and you expected it at some point, but i never its been hard for me. Its been a tough day. I think it was such a defining moment for the olympics and for me to know that the man i shared that tiny moment with that was such an inspiration for all of us is gone. It makes me very sad. Well, janet evans, i think the whole world is sad right alongside you but also inspired right alongside you by these images and by the memory of muhammad ali. Thank you so much for being with us to share your memories. Thank you, john. My pleasure. All right. Jim, back to you in washington. Thank you, john. Coming up, Washington Post reporter jason resayans very first interview since being freed from prison in iraq. You might not know it, but muhammad ali helped get him out. The story right after this. A tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. Which provided for their every financial need. 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Im talking about this man, jason rezaian, the Washington Post Tehran Bureau chief who was convicted of espionage in an Iranian Court last year in a closeddoor trial. Just after his conviction while jason was holed up in an iranian prison cell, muhammad ali issued a statement directly to iran, the bottom line message, release him. In it ali wrote, to my knowledge, jason is a man of peace and great faith, a man whose dedication and respect for the iranian people is evident in his work. I support his family, friends, and colleagues in their efforts to obtain his release. Jason rezaian joins me now for his very first interview since his release. Jason, thank you for taking the time today. Thanks for having me on, jim, i really appreciate it. I want to ask you first just how much this statement meant to you, this statement of support, this call for your release from muhammad ali. Im just getting chills as i read that again. It meant so much to me at the time. My wife came to visit me which she was allowed to do fairly rarely, and she told me this, that muhammad ali had made this statement and i cant tell you, i cant express in words how much it meant to me, continues to mean to me. There were so many calls for my release, so much support, but getting the support of the champ touched me in ways that just still ripple through my life. So jason, you say that the Prison Guards actually found out about alis statement of support and they started treating you differently . Yes. I mean, the statement was covered in the Iranian Press as so many things about my imprisonment were. And they started treating me in a better way. I think it brought some doubt to them about the charges against me and, you know, along with that, my spirits were really way that nothing else nothing else lifted me throughout that time. Its incredible that that statement from so far away could reach you inside that prison cell so many thousands of miles away. I wonder if you could describe, you spent a lot of years living in iran, just how important muhammad ali as an american muslim, an american muslim leader, how important that was in bridging our world with those of a Muslim Country like iran. Well, i think as he was in so in different country, muhammad ali was somebody that the iranian people were really drawn to, had been for many years. As a sportsman, but also as a muslim. And somebody who was doing great charitable work throughout his life. And he was he was everybodys champion just like he was here in america and around the world. Yeah. So jason, you were in that iranian prison cell until your release for some 545 days. This the first chance we get to talk to you. I know a lot of folks back home just would like to know simply how are you doing . Better and better every day. I appreciate the support of everybody throughout the world and back here in the united states. Its just great to be home, and im in the process of readjustment. It will still take some time, but by in large, im feeling really good. We know youre a warriors fan so well root for them as well to help you along the way. Most importantly, thanks for taking the time. Were glad to have you home. Thanks so much for having me on, jim. Jason rezaian, some of his first words since released from prison. A thank withdryou to muhammad a coming up after this break, were going to hear from muhammad alis brother. Please stay with us. vo whatever your perfect temperature. Youll enjoy consistent comfort with the heating and air Conditioning Systems homeowners rank number one. American standard heating and air conditioning. A higher standard of comfort. Text mom. Ill be right back. Be good. Boys have been really good today. Send. Lets get mark his own cell phone. Nice. Send. Brad could use a new bike. Send. [google] message. You decide. Theyre your kids. Why are you guys texting grandma . 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So jeff, we heard Bernie Sanders say today that this is going to be a contested convention regardless of what happens over these next few days. Is clinton responding . Reporter jim, shes not responding directly to that. Hillary clinton is focusing her attention on donald trump and donald trump alone. The reality here is Bernie Sanders does not get to make the decision alone whether this will be a contested convention or not. Yes, the superdelegates could switch, could change their minds here, but that would be unprecedented in the history of this Democratic Party here. So the Clinton Campaign is all but ignoring Bernie Sanders at least for now not wanting to agitate him, not wanting to rile up him or any of his supporters but they do believe that on tuesday, she will go over that threshold of 2,383, the number we talk about so much of the delegates needed to reach the nomination here. And as you said, a handful of delegates today in the Virgin Islands, tomorrow in puerto rico, and then on tuesday six states including here in california, and the sanders people say, look, the superdelegates could still change their mind over the summer and that is true, they could, but jim, these are individual people. Party leaders. Senators. Governors. House members. Who have said that, look, they are supporting Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders knows its an uphill climb. Frankly, theyre trying to show that this race is still alive and, you know, as a way to keep their support alive, but the Clinton Campaign, jim, all but ignoring Bernie Sanders tonight. Already directing at trump. Jeff zeleny in california, thanks very much. This just in to cnn, we have just had a conversation with muhammad alis brother. A correspondent in louisville, kentucky spoke to rahman ali a short time ago about this very sad day for his family. I feel very, very extremely sad. So sad that Im Holding Back tears right now. I cry easily because i have a big warm heart. Im a very, very sensitive man. Ive always been sensitive. My brother passed, i wont see him in the flesh anymore so it hurts me bad, i cant see my brother. I cant see my brother anymore. Well, rahman ali who also made his living as a heavyweight boxer reacting there to the death of his brother muhammad ali on friday in scottsdale, arizona. Muhammad ali was 74 years old. Next on cnn, Jason Carroll has a special look back at the live of muhammad ali. Im jim sciutto in washington. Thanks so much for joining us these last few hours and please have a great weekend. Real milk vs. Almond milk protein show down milk wins. 8 times the protein, less bathroom breaks. In a world held back by compromise, businesses need the agility to do one thing another. Only at t has the network, people, and partners to help companies be. Local global. Open secure. Because no one knows like at t. 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Check your broker with brokercheck. Announcer the following is a cnn special report. Too fast. Too fast. I must be the greatest. He told the world he was the greatest before anyone believed it. It was Something Like caviar. You had to acquire a taste for him. This will be a total annihilation. You couldnt shut ali up with a couldnt do it. Dubbed the louisville lift, he fought his way to the top. No fighter fought that way. He could jab and move back. Worshipped in the boxing ring. Once vilified in the public arena. If im going to die, im going to die now, right here fighting you. Ali lost a title. Came back ten years later and won the title. Thats unheard of. He was a poet. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. A profit. He made me think i could walk on water. And a role model. Under no conditions did we take part in rye rots that take lives of other humans. He taught me make sure you exercise your soul and your spirit. Thats what my father fought for. A fighter till the end. Tonight, boxing legend, muhammad ali. The Opening Ceremony of the 1996 olympics in atlanta, georgia. Look who gets it next. A surprise guest expected on stage. Actually they kept that a big secret from everyone. The children didnt even know. Muhammad alis daughter, maryum. I got a call and i was told your dads going to light the torch, call all your siblings. Im like, what . It was just a beautiful moment. The greatest. The crowd roared when they see the champ on stage. Oh, my and the world held its breath as ali, diagnosed with parkinsons disease a decade earlier, struggled to control the torch. He burned himself trying to keep his hand from shaking. Nobody knew it. Thats ali. I dont want anybody to know i cant light that torch. That was ali. When ali lit the olympic flame, it was an indelible moment in sports history. He needed that. He needed to see the people still cared for him, you know, even with parkinsons disease. Ive always wondered what it would be like, hes your father, but hes also this worldrenowned figure. Yes. He always fought for freedom and love and he wanted this country to be accountable for treating all human beings equal. He was, like, really more than just a boxer. He was really just the kid next door, born cassius clay jr. In 1942 in heavily segregated louisvil louisville, kentucky. The oler of two boys from mom odessa and dad cassius. A billboard painter. He grew up here. Cassius going to be the greatest athlete when he was a kid, i dont think he could play softball and baseball with us. Robert coleman lived down the street. We used to all attend a camp through the ymca. I remember ali punched me in the chest one day, said we cant play no more. At 12 years old, cassius discovered the power of his punch through an odd twist of fate when his bike was stolen. He told a Police Officer he wanted to beat up the thief. That cop, joe martin, was also a trainer and encouraged him to try that aggression out in the ring. He was a natural. Years later, martin and ali were reunited on tvs this is your life. He taught me the jabs and the hooks and both of them together made me what i am today. Cassius was hooked and dead serious about learning the ropes. Trained at two gyms, hitting the streets before school. You could tell he was going to be different. We ride the bus to madison junior high and he would be running behind it, still training. Wed love at him, youre just crazy. Crazy, fast and driven. And by the age of 15, he had 6 kentucky golden glove titles, and two National Titles under his belt. By 18, cassius clay was an olympic champ winning the gold medal in the 1960 summer games in rome. Alis longtime business manager, gene kilroy. I met him in the olympics. If they could have taken a mirror in the olympic village, everybody loved him, he wore his gold medal around. Where do you think the confidence comes from . He just believed in himself. Cassius clay of chicago challenges gary joyce. That confidence combined with his size, fast speed and stinging jabs, he was a dancer in the ring. Clay turned pro in the 60s winning most matches by knockouts. Why all the crowd and the cameramen, of course cassius has just hit town. As his starpower grew, so did his voice. He aint nothing but a chump. Clay craved the spotlight and became as famous for his rants this will be no contest. This will be a total annihilation. And rhymes. Hes going around claiming to be the real heavyweight champ but after im finished hell just be a tramp. As he did for his boxing. Any fight that involved him was a circus. Now that you have your cool about you boxing announcer, bob sheridan. Athletes at that time prior to cassius clay were not brash and outspoken. They wanted those people in the seats to go and see him. He was a promoters dream. Im the in the ring today. Theres a fine line between confidence and regedosio. He covered most of alis fights including his first heavyweight bout against the ferocious sonny liston. Here they come. Clay and liston. Lands a left jab on the nose. Clay backing away. Clay move to his left as they said he would do. Ali was in the ring but with his hands down and moving around like this. He was the only fighter i ever knew who could punch moving backwards. He wasnt a big banger no matter what his knockouts game after he hit you and he hit you and he hit you and finally you fell down. Jabbing with the left. Jabbing with the left. Another left by clay. The big bear, sonny liston, couldnt sustain his jabs. He was a beaten man by the sixth round and didnt answer the bell in the seventh. Sonny liston is not coming out. The winner and the new heavyweight champion of the world is cassius clay. It was one of the biggest boxing upsets in history and cassius clay at 22 years old became the youngest boxer to beat the a heavyweight champ to win the title. Im the greatest thing that ever lived. Next, alis biggest fight came outside of the ring. Under no conditions do we take part in wars that take lives of other humans. I am his advocate. So i asked about adding oncedaily namenda xr to his Current Treatment for moderate to severe alzheimers. It works differently. When added to another alzheimers treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. And may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. Vo namenda xr doesnt change how the disease progresses. It shouldnt be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or whos had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. Before starting treatment, tell their doctor if they have, or ever had, a seizure disorder, difficulty passing urine, liver, kidney or bladder problems, and about medications theyre taking. 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The fact he made this conversion from cassius clay to muhammad ali helped make him a figure in the arab world, in africa, that may not have been paying any attention whatsoever to american boxing champions. He basically was the sporting reflection of what would become the black power movement. If im going to die, im going to die now right here fighting you. You my enemy. My enemy is the ali, famous worldwide, was a radical voice at home. He criticized u. S. Involvement in the vietnam war and refused to serve in the army, as a muslim and conscientious objector. Tell me, champ, would you have been prepared to go into the army if it hadnt been for the vietnam war . Under no conditions do we take part in wars that take lives of other humans. In an instant, ali for many turned from sports hero to villain. When he made that decision, a number of people in this country turned against him. A number of people didnt like him to begin with because he was what they called a bragger. Then when army came up, it alienated a whole other section of the country. Heavyweight champion cassius clay at a federal court in houston is found guilty of violating the u. S. Selective service laws. Ali faced five years in prison and in 1967 was stripped of his heavyweight title. Banned from the sport at the prime boxing age of 25. I loaned him 20 in front of the americana. He was broke . He didnt have any money and didnt have any income. But his gift for gab helped him earn money lecturing at universities. Ali easily held his own. You are my fools when i want justice. You my fools for equality. You wont stand up for me in my religious beliefs, you want me to go somewhere and fight but you wont even stand up here for me at home. In a war in which young black men mainly without any money and little education were dying in disproportionate numbers, this young black man, outspoken, stands up and says no. Exiled from boxing for more than three years, ali even gave acting a shot taking a part in the broadway musical, buck white. Heres the world famous heavyweight champion. He performed on the ed sullivan show. We came in chains snow we came in misery his music career, not surprisingly, fizzled. In 1967, he got hitched to belinda boyd. They had four children. He wanted all his kids to be with him during the summertime. He got himself a pool. Laila here, hana, the twins, muhammad. Ali doted on all his children, seen here from the home video from the film, i am ali. Daddys going to fight. You want to go with him . Can you fight . He called them from road with fatherly advice. I remember every conversation, which is amazing. Many of those conversations were recorded. Everybodys born for a purpose. What do you think you were born for . To make people feel better. To fix people up. Thats good. Thats good, maryum. I remember when i tell my dad hes too old to fight. Okay. To go look at another place like deer lake. What . Yes. It might be possible that if i like it, i might fight again. No. Dont fight again, please. But just for a man to aske, an 11yearold, to get my take on it, that was pretty amazing. He would ask about boys. He would ask about school. While married to boyd, ali had daughter, maya, with another woman. I remember growing up, used to play box in the street. It would start with one person then there would be hundreds of people surrounding him. He never lost me, thank god. He really was the glue that held a lot together with all his nine children. You know, my dad, if he makes mistakes, nine children, four wives, a couple of mistresses. What i love the most is that he doesnt pretend to be perfect. Never has. Thats why hes always taught me, make sure you exercise your soul and your spirit. Alis spirit, his convictions about the war, never wavered. He stood his ground and eventually the nation came around. In 1971, the Supreme Court overturned his conviction. He returned to the ring and got a chance to win back his title. Billed as the fight of the century, the match pitted ali against current champ smokin joe frazier. I predict the fight wont go the distance. Stop me. They were the two best fighters in the world. Bing, pop, bing, pop. And fraziers plotting, plotting, plotting. Hes got that left hook. You could make a comic strip about his left hook. It had a life of its own. When it went, you went down. The slugfest went the full 15 rounds. Ali was losing but tried hard to psych out frazier. Hes screaming, fool, god says im the champion. When that happens, he slips a jab, steps inside, throws that left hook right on the ear. Ali goes down. It was alis first ever professional loss. But he and smokin joe were far from finished. Joe frazier is in trouble because of muhammad ali, joe frazier meet is going to be better than the muhammad ali he met three years ago. When we return, the greatest comeback ever. I thoht he was going to fall. This was going to be a long night. Sfx climbing sounds duracell quantum lasts longer so Kevin Jorgeson can power through the night. Sfx duracell slamtones to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain. Shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. To everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. Make sure your doctor hears you too i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nervpain. If you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, dont suffer in silence step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. Tell em cedric sent you. It was 1974. 32yearold muhammad ali was on a mission. Im going to retire the heavyweight champion of the world. Wait until i kick foremans behind. Big George Foreman was boxers most revered fighter, destroying joe frazier in two rounds. I was sitting on the throne. I thought i was doing a charitable contribution to muhammad ali by allowing him to fight for my title. I was being offered 5 million to fight muhammad ali. I went to africa to get my money and beat up someone and go home. You want to be like me, im getting ready to go whoop George Foreman. Ali, seen here in while we were kings loved every minute of it. He loved people. And i think thats why they loved him so much. 18yearold veronica pores was hired as a girl to report the fight. When did you start getting butterflies . We used to walk by the zaire river in the evening, and that was probably during those times. They would marry, eventually. But first the fight that captured the world. I hit him with all kinds of punches, and one thing about a power punch is, every time you throw a big righthand, left hook, its about 10 miles of roadwork thats gone away from you, and youll never get it back. Ali has the gloves up here. So hes hitting gloves. Boom, boom. Hes going to wear him out. Hes going to make him wear himself out. Somewhere about the sixth round, i hit him and he folded, and i thought, i got him now. He just fell over and whispered, is that all you got, george . Thats when i realized this was going to be a long night. Round 8, ali leaned back on the ropes, purposely absorbing punch after punch until he was ready to attack. I never saw a fighter fall so quick. It was like his ankles hit the ground, his knees hit the ground, his chest hit the ground, and then he hit the ground. Against all odds, ali made one of the greatest comebacks in history. I told ya all of my critics i told you all that i was the greatest of all time ali lost a title and then came back 10 years later and won the title. Won the tiltle, won the title. Thats unheard of. I was a good fighter, very good fighter. Muhammad ali was better than me. A year later ali got his revenge against smoking joe frazier in their final brutal fight called thrilla in manila. Frasier frazier is standing with his legs the consistency of wet spaghetti. All ali has to do is walk three feet and push him. Ali couldnt walk those three feet. Neither one was ever the same again. They took everything they had and had each had nothing. Alis trainer stopped the fight after the 14th round. Ali won with a tko, ending one of the biggest boxing rivalries of all time. Friends and family begged ali to hang up his gloves and go out on top. Ali came up the aisle and he said, this is the closest you fellows will ever see to death. I pleaded with him to retire, retire after this fight. Retire, retire. Abc sports announcer Howard Cosell tried to talk him down. You told me one big fight, a lot of the money and that was it. Now there are more fights in the offing. Why . Because i changed my mind. I felt i can go another few years. The fans want to see it. And thats our show today. Ali still the heavyweight champion of the world. Knock it off they loved each other, they really did. They were like brothers, they really were. Over the next six years, there were 10 more fights, two more marriages and three more children. Including daughter laila who followed in her fathers footsteps. Just being muhammad alis daughter, people are always going to want to test you. Ive always been the one to take it on and not want to back down. Then muhammad ali would take on his toughest opponent. We saw the slurred speech, the slowness. How did you find out your father had parkinsons . The diagnosis came years after he actually had it. That was the time when even the top researchers did not know that young people can get parkinsons. He was 38 years old. In 1982, after three decades of redefining boxing with a lifetime record of 56 wins and only 5 defeats, ali retired for good. The disease had a very slow progression for him, and it hasnt stopped him from doing anything that he wants to do. Like that moment in 1996 that brought the world to its feet. Whats the most dynamic figure in sports . That was a very positive highlight for him, and it was massive. I mean, millions of people saw that. Millions of fans all over the world continued to worship the champ. When you say the greatest of all time is in the room, everyone knows who you mean. And in 2005, the onetime objector of conscience received the highest civilian award, the president ial medal of freedom. Cnns last visit with ali was at his home, the champ moving slower, his voice barely a whisper. His spirits unshaken until the end. I still look and see the greatest. Muhammad ali had no fear. He always fought for freedom and love. That was his mission in life, was to help people. Muhammad was bigger than boxing. But to say a great boxer, give that to some boxer. He was one of the greatest human beings i ever met in my life. I am the greatest awards for rolling balls. Awards for spelling words nobody uses. We get it. 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