Rahaman Ali, brother of Muhammad Ali and former boxer, dies at 82

Rahaman Ali, the younger brother of Muhammad Ali and a former boxer, has died at the age of 82, the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, said Saturday.

Rahaman died on Friday, Aug. 1, the nonprofit museum dedicated to the boxing legend said. His cause of death was not released.

Born as Rudolph Arnett Clay, Rahaman was a year and a half younger than his older brother. In their little pink house in Louisville’s west end, the brothers liked to wrestle and play cards and shoot hoops. He looked up to his big brother, following in his path when Rahaman became a professional boxer in the heavyweight class from 1964 to 1972…

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