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Obama will not attend Muhammad Ali’s funeral

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said President Barack Obama will not attend Muhammad Ali’s funeral, which coincides with his oldest daughter’s graduation. “They will be attending Malia’s high school graduation ceremony in Washington, DC,” said spokeswoman Jen Friedman. Instead, a close aide “will read a letter from the president and the first lady as part of Friday’s service in Louisville.” jca-arb/oh © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

Will Smith and Lennox Lewis to be Muhammad Ali pallbearers

LOUISVILLE, United States (AFP) — Actor Will Smith and former boxing world champion Lennox Lewis will serve as pallbearers together with six other people during Muhammad Ali’s funeral Friday, a spokesman said. The charismatic Ali, a dazzling fighter and outspoken civil rights activist who became one of the 20th century’s towering figures, died Friday at age 74 after health problems complicated by a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Smith, who played the title role in […]