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, died on June 3, 2016.

Ali passed away 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.

source:  http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-ali-greatest-all-time-dead-74-n584776