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Muhammad Ali playing with neighborhood kids in Louisville, Kentucky, 1963. He married the girl on the right, Lonnie Williams, years later in 1986.

Muhammad Ali playing with neighborhood kids in Louisville, Kentucky, 1963. He married the girl on the right, Lonnie Williams, years later in 1986.

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  • I think she was about six here; she was described as a “pig-tailed” girl when she met Ali (then known as Cassius Clay). She graduated from college in 1978, so that seems close to about 21.
    Her 30 year marriage started about the time of his initial diagnosis, and lasted until his death. She was deemed by some as a divisive figure in his relations with children from his other marriages.

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