MUHAMMAD ALI CAN BARELY SPEAK OR LEAVE HOME, BROTHER SAYS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 17, 2014, 18:32

Muhammad Ali in 2005. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease has advanced to the point he can barely speak or leave his Arizona home, according to a member of his family.

According to his younger brother, Rahman Ali, the 72-year-old former heavyweight world champion was too incapacitated to attend this week’s Hollywood premiere of a documentary about his life, I Am Ali.

“I have not been able to talk to my brother about this because he is sick. He doesn’t speak too well. But he is proud that we are here for him. He has given this film his blessing,” Rahman told the Sunday People.

In February 2013, Rahman said his brother “could die within days”, prompting a flurry of media activity and denials from other members of the family.

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