#AliFuneral: Roll call of VIPs present at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service

“You know a good man when he dies and his neighbours cry but you know a great man when he dies and the world mourns together ”

Muhammad Ali is that great man whose existence united the world and his death has brought the world again together to send him to his eternal home in one accord.

His memorial service is currently holding at the KFC Yum! center near the Ohio river in the legend’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

According to the Guardian, here’s a partial list of notable personalities present at the event.

  • Former President Bill Clinton
  • Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Rev. Jesse Jackson
  • Comedian/actor Billy Crystal
  • Actor Will Smith
  • Television journalist Bryant Gumbel
  • Martin Luther King III
  • Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Boxing promoter Don King
  • Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard
  • Former boxing champion Lennox Lewis
  • Former boxing champion Evander Holyfield
  • Former boxing champion George Foreman
  • Former boxing champion Larry Holmes
  • Former boxing champion Bernard Hopkins
  • Former NFL player Jim Brown
  • Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu
  • International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach
  • Kentucky governor Matt Bevin
  • Former Kentucky governor John Y Brown Jr
  • Imam Zaid Shakir, Muslim scholar
  • Sherman Jackson, Muslim scholar
  • Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam
  • Boxing promoter Bob Arum
  • Louisville mayor Greg Fischer
  • Former Louisville mayor Harvey Sloane

To see photos from the event click here

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