"The Greatest" Is Dead At 74

Above, President Reagan and Muhammad Ali clown around in the Oval Office.

Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion of the world who "danced like a butterfly and , stung like a bee", has died.

NBC News reported:

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.
Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.

Born Cassius Clay, Ali converted to Islam and took the name Muhammad Ali.

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