Night at a hospital near phoenix surrounded by family. He became known simply as the greatest but in the end his toughest opponent proved to be parkinsons disease which he battled for decade. Abcs melissa has more on the life and legacy of mohammed ali. Reporter walter, celebration of the mohammed alis life will Begin Next Week from a private family ceremony to a public procession through streets of his hometown of louisville, kentucky, the world will be able to say good bye to their champion. Im handsome. Im fast, pretty and cant possibly be beat. Reporter celebrating the legacy of the greatest of all time, mohammed ali. I always will remember him. It is my brother. Reporter world, joined legendary boxers family in mourning his death. Champ would have been very proud of his family. Reporter final bell came after a 32 year battle with parkinsons disease. Ali transcended his sport known for his fighting in the ring as he was for his accomplishments outside of it. Greatest of all time. Reporter that self proclaimed title proven, starting with olympic gold medal and conquering heavyweight champion sonny lizton solidifying his status at 22. Was he always so confident. Yes, always. Reporter he would prove his medal against other greats like joe frazier and george foreman. A boxer would be an insult, the greatest boxer, give that to some boxer, mohammed ali was one of the greatest human beings, that i have ever met in my life. Reporter but his biggest wins came outside ring. In 964 he coverted to islam and changed his name from cassius clay. Mohammad ali. To mohammed ali. He took on the government refusing to serve in the armed forces. From vietnam, to civil rights, ali leaves a Lasting Impact on american culture. His last and perhaps biggest battle against parkinsons, degenerative disorder robbing the sports man of his physical power but not of his mental strength. The celebration of his life will close with a star studded memorial service, the mayor of the louisville said ali belongs to the world but he only has one hometown n los angeles, melissa, channel six, action news. Thanks, melissa. Mohammed ali had deep connections to the Delaware Valley. His tenacity and grit inspired generations of local boxers, ali even lived in our area for a period of time. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman is live in Fairmount Park with much more, trish. Reporter hi, walter. Ali called the Delaware Valley home for a few years as he was making his return to boxing after his title was strip. We spoke to plenty of people with poignant memories of the boxers who called himself the greatest. Boxers young and old, honoring mohammed ali with a ten count and a moment of silence at the joe hams boxing gym in northern liberties. When you think of boxing you think about mow maine. Reporter nonprofit boxing facility for kid, happened to hold its Community Day one day after legend passed, bringing fighters and Community Members together, to remember the heavyweight champion. Because of the things he has done outside of the ring, you know, to me was more of a game changer in life then a game changer in my life because i learned that i can speak. He was the greatest fighter to ever live. Reporter joe ham senior was part of the joe fraziers Management Team and he runs a closed circuit tv distributor in feasterville. He describes negotiating first ali frazier fight as the most important moment of his career. But he also fondly remembers taking his son to alis Training Camp in Schuylkill County in 1972. All these people were just people that were coming in off the street, and if you look at this one, he fed them all. They all stayed for lunch. Then he sat down at the end of the ring and he talk to them. Reporter ali briefly lived in philadelphias overbrook section and moved in this five bedroom house in cherry hill in 1971. Folks stopped by to remember alis time here. To know that he was in a local area like this, talked away, down in cherry hill, you know, it is just pretty cool. Reporter and just as people we spoke with remembered his dominance in the boxing ring as well as his colorful expressions, they say that they will fondly remember his time in our area and also his courageous battles with parkinsons disease. Live from Fairmount Park, Trish Hartman for channel six action news, walter. Trish, thank you. His family announced ali died of septic shock and other natural causes. Our coverage of the death of the mohammed ali continues in sports, Jeff Skversky has more on alis time spent training near the poconos and reaction from one of our areas best known fighters. You can read more about the life and legacy of mohammed ali on our web site at six abc. Com. There we have a Photo Gallery of his life, reaction to his death, and funeral arrangements. Be sure to tune into abc tonight for special look back at mohammed ali and the ring, and in life, this emotional and revealing portrait of the greatest begins right here on channel six starting at 8 00 p. M. Moving to the accu weather forecast. It was a warm, sunny saturday but we are in for big changes, heat sticks around but rain is on the way. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is at the action news big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast. Walter, it is raining and possibility of strong to severe showers and storms on the way as we get in the second half of our weekend but as you mentioned it was warmer here, for us on our saturday, yesterday we had a high of 76. Today we maxed out at 83 in philadelphia warm, humid, above average of 80 degrees for this time of the year. Outside still very warm, still sticky with that southerly wind. Eightytwo in philadelphia. Eighty in reading. Seventyfive in lancaster. At the coast in cape may 07 with that sea breeze. 82 degrees at i95 corridor in trenton. Changes are coming our way later tonight and throughout the day on sunday. Storm tracker six live double scan radar showing light showers, off to the west of the 95 corridor so we do have to allow for some activity early this evening and then more moisture moves in overnight tonight. What we are tracking is out to the ohio valley, we will tap into this moisture as a cold front swings through and as we get into sunday afternoon. Future tracker six showing you early tomorrow morning there could be showers around with the warm front lifting on through. After the warm front temperatures will be rising and into sunday afternoon and then we will await a rifle of the cold front moving through. 6 30 tomorrow evening, we have got a line of activity, heading our way. In fact, Storm Prediction Center has placed our region in not just slight but an enhanced risk of finding some severe weather, damaging wind is a major concern, locally heavy rain, moderate possibility of hail and we cannot rule out possibility and likelihood of a tornado popping up. We will take a look at details coming up in the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. Thanks, melissa. Two cats were rescued from a fire in a home in garnett valley. Fire broke out at 10 00 a. M. In the garage of the house on the 1600 block offhand lane. Several small explosions were heard and officials a say that only served to spread the flames even quicker. Were told home owner had gone out to the store and returned to find his home engulfed in fire. Nobody was injured and no word tonight how the whole thing started. Woman lost control of her car early this morning in christiana delaware and ended up plowing in the garage. It happened just after 2 30 this morning, along the 100 block of dunning court. Woman was trapped inside that car for about 15 minutes, before crews could free her. She was taken to christiana hospital in stable condition, no word tonight why she lost control. Three teenagers are recovering after getting shot outside a party in north philadelphia. It happened just after 11 30 last night on the 2200 block of north 12th street. Someone, opened fire, hitting two, 16 years old and a 17 yearold. All were taken to temple hospital in stable condition, no arrests have have been made. More than 100 veterans in south jersey received a heros send off today before they left for washington d. C. There was a rally today in Williamstown High School before the veterans left to tour the war memorial in our nations capitol. After they boarded their buses they were given a motorcycle escort. Thinks the honor flight of south jerseys ninth annual trip. Much more to come on action news tonight, a school in wilmington is getting ready to make beautiful music thanks to a huge donation. But first, an event like few others. Action News Reporter dan cuellar live with the preview of wizard worldcom i cancan, hi there, dan. That is right, walter, comiccan is where you dress up as your favorite character in the movie and comic book and it is out here today. We will introduce you to some folks having fun at comic can just moments away, walter. Thanks, dann. Plus Jeff Skversky has sports when action news comes right back. Dan. Is there a colorful entering on today in center city. Wizard worldcom i can can is taking place at the Pennsylvania Convention center this weekend. Our very own super hero action News Reporter dann cuellar is there, hi there, dann . Reporter hi, i dont know about that walter but thank you anyway. I like that. The sunnies glowing here. This is kenney. He is mr. Hulk buster from the avengers. Yes, from avengers. How much do you put that on . Im 200pound, so this is like 250 pounds. It stands 7 feet tall. Yes you must love that movie the avengers. Oh, yeah, i do. He is the guy who made this. Let me tell you something, you guys are having a lot of fun. We have met a lot of villains, warriors, wizard, villains and even, alice in wonderland. Were all characters from wonder land. Reporter welcome to the Wonderful World of comic can. Which one are you . Then villain from sleeping beauty. And when the the sunsets on her 16th birthday she will prick her finger on the spinning wheel. Reporter whether a character in the movie, comic boon or video game chances you are file a find emulating a character here. Give me such a headache. That is it. Dont make me destroy you. Is that good. That was good. Reporter but basically this is what. Thinks an ultimate reality version of an kin sky walker. Reporter did you make this yourself. Yes, i made it, doing the modeling and then i made molds. Reporter i see. Yes. Reporter as you can see the Convention Center is place to be this weekend, to leave reality and play your favorite character. I find it a bit disturbing. Reporter what do you do professionally. Im a nurse. Where. Lehigh valley hospital. If they only knew what you did on your off time . They do. Reporter that is even worse. Im just kidding. You can see a lot of people having fun at comic can, the show runs through tomorrow, so come out and have fun. We are live at the Convention Center, im dann cuellar for channel six action news. Back to you you are having too much fun, thanks, dann. Music school of delaware is celebrating the opening up of the new wing today. Today in wilmington doctor william, who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the school chose the name of the new wing, it will be named Johan Sebastian music wing. P . P . V Jeff Skversky has a check on sports. Jeff, i heard someone say mohammed ali wasnt just a boxer but a fighter in the ring and in life. What an icon, what an icon he was. I loved fighting in the press conferences with joe frazier, those were as legendary to me as the fight. Loved the guy. Dont count days, make the days count that is one of the many famous quotes left behind by mohammed ali who spent long days himself training for the biggest fights of his life against joe frazier, in deerlake, pennsylvania overlooking the poconos. Mohammed ali started training just outside the kutztown area in the 1970s because of a peaceful, quiet area where he could focus and prepare for bought with philadelphias joe frazier and others like george foreman. Frazier was first box tore ever beat the champ, he had been 31zero until the fight of the century in 1971. Ali made a impact on the biggest boxers from our area before he passed away at the age of 74. I look at all these, and all that ali has done and what he has stood up for in and out of the ring, and he was his own salesman and own pitch man and his own promoter, he was his own everything. I had a great relationship with him, took him places, we went to africa, england, all over, malaysia, places he for the at. I would have never done that. So, that is why i say he was one of the greatest fighters of all time. Larry holmes one of only five fighters ali lost to in 1980, a second to last fight of alis career. Just like phillys manager Pete Mackanin said he would for fourth straight game against yet another righty ryan howard starts on the bench in favor of the tommy joseph who is getting in the swing of things. Aaron nola on his birthday giving out presents as phillies try to win two straight against milwaukee. This could help. Second inning, tommy boy, tommy joseph his fifth hit in the last three days, hits a solo shot, dead center field. We are tied at one. Three batters laters how about Caesar Hernandez has a two run home run, nearly same spots. Phillies take a a threeone lead. Back come brewers. They would tie it up in the eighth. They take the lead, domingo santana, former phillies prospect, this is what i think about that trade for hunter pence, solo home run off hector nearest, phillies down fourthree right now in the ninth. He may have been a first round pick but Brandon Graham has had a hard time tackling a starting job. Eagles end turned linebacker has turned back to defensive even. Graham has only started a a quarter of the games since 2010. He is not worried about his snaps under Doug Pederson because of the rotation on the edge. All graham cares about is winning. He believes there is a different edge out there so far during these off season work outs. You know, everybody is on the same page. Everybody has bought into what is going on. Everybody is excited because we got, our old regime back and with the younger feel to it, i think it is just, i just am happy because we got them back to way we want to play football as the eagles. Just a short ride from where mohammed ali would train, and become champion of the world they are race nothing long pond in heavy hearts. Before the Xfinity Series race, pocono 250 a moment of silence for ali who passed away friday. Remember when bill elliott had that picture of ali on his hood. He will need a hood all together after that collision, 51 car smashed, 53 laps in the race they call it because of rain, kyle larson gets credit for the win, pocono 400 is tomorrow. And down the shore, lpga classic at galloway township, kareem ishay who has never finished higher then tenth in the tournament shoots nine under. Wow. Sixtytwo. She has a one shot lead, after two round, and 1. 5 milliondollar purse. How about that not bad. Up next on action news, meteorologist Melissa Magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, when we come right back. Thousands of people spent the morning, getting muddy. Muck fest ms took place today at Glen Mills School in delaware county. It is a 3mile mud run and Obstacle Course organized in support of the National Multiple Sclerosis societys mission to stop ms. These at the lets showed their dedication to the cause finishing the course because most of these folks about two hours to complete. Umhmm. Half an hour and im out. Yes. That is just me. Time for a final check of the accu weather forecast, and it is looking like it could be pretty nasty tomorrow. We will have to watch radar very carefully into tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening, walter. Strong showers and storms are in the forecast. We will show you what is going on with Storm Tracker six live double scan radar showing a dry through philadelphia and areas of south jersey and delaware. Off to the west we are tracking very spotty showers, i will a how for some light showers, moving into west of the i95 corridor, early this evening and then overnight tonight we will get more widespread showers that move in before things become very active as we get into sunday afternoon. We have a lot of warmth, a lot of humidity as well as temperatures pretty warm. Eightytwo in philadelphia after a high of 83. Eighty in reading. Seventyfive to the west of lancaster. At the coast of cape may with that sea breeze at 70. Eightytwo in trenton at this hour. The heres Satellite Six with action radar, it is quiet and calm but things will be changing as early as overnight tonight and in the second half of the weekend, on sunday a lot of moisture with the cold front off to the west right through ohio valley we will tap into that moisture from the south, surging northward. There is likelihood of finding strong if not severe showers and storms as we get into sunday. Call from accu weather over next 12 hours, cloudy, humid, showers and storms arriving overnight tonight. Dropping down to 67 in the suburbs and 68 in philadelphia for the overnight low. Future tracker six timing things out as we go into sunday morning. 5 30 in the morning there will be a warm front lifting through, with some showers likely, more widespread at this hour. As we get in the afternoon hours, temperatures will warm up nicely and what we have to allow for will be some showers, firing up a head of the main cold front that will move through late sunday evening and into sunday night. So the sunshine and cloud could have is going to be key as we get into sunday afternoon. Depending how much sunshine we will get it will help destabilize the atmosphere and that will firing up strong showers and storms. Future tracker six showing you 6 30 tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening a line of convective active moving through the region and does not move out until 8 30 or 9 00 on sunday night. That is why Storm Prediction Center has placed our region in the enhanced risk of severe weather. Big threat tomorrow damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour, locally heavy rain and possibility of hail and we cannot rule out likelihood of the tornado popping up a cross our region as well. Heres what to expect . I would allow for a shower or storm to move in a around one or 2 00 in the afternoon but main event still looks to be at 4 00 oclock to 9 00 oclock tomorrow on sunday. Strong to severe storms in the forecast, gusts up to 60 miles an hour will be the main threat, downpours 2 inches likely in some locations and localized flooding, possibility of a tornado we cannot rule that out either. Exclusive seven day forecast showing you strong storms likely tomorrow high up to eight 36789 less humid on monday, sunny, up to eight 46789 and tuesday, partly sunny with a thunderstorm overhead, high up to 82. Breezy on wednesday a and at 76. Delightful next thursday at 77. Upper 70s next weekend but we will be manning the radar very carefully tomorrow afternoon. Parts of the tomorrow pretty nice. Yes, we will get through it. Thanks, melissa. World news saturday next up here on channel six. Dont miss action news at ten on phl17 tonight and then back here at six abc at 11 00. For Melissa Magee, Jeff Skversky and the entire action news team, im walter perez. We will see you right back here at 11 00 oclock. Blank reporter welcome to world news tonight. Remembering the greatest of alltime, muhammad ali, boxing legend, civil right champion, american icon. From the power and grace that made him a heavy tight titan to the razor sharp wit that made him a star. Im so mean i make medicine sick. The new details about his final moments, family right there, how they said goodbye. His hometown now preparing for an epic farewell. The famous names just coming in. Who will be there to lead the tribute. And the woman by his side telling our diane sawyer how they met all those years ago. Tonight the tributes from those he grew up with to those he battled in the ring. I got beat up in the jungle. And the millions he inspired around the world
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