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Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:46 pm
I'm sure I'm not the only one here on this site but I had a run-in with the recently deceased Muhammad Ali. This was back in October of 1982.
Anyhow, me and some friends of my friend wanted to go see The Who. They were playing at the L.A. Coliseum this particular October night. But since we didn't have tickets on us we went to the Coliseum during the daylight hours in hopes of procuring some tickets.
A funny thing happened on the way however. We left our car parked some distance away from the Coliseum and were walking towards a main L.A. road where the Coliseum resides when shock of shocks - one of us goes "Hey, there's Ali!". Of course I thought immediately it must be someone that merely resembled him . NOOOO. It was Muhammad Ali in the flesh riding in a convertible brown Rolls Royce with a woman on either side of him with the top down. The one who spotted Ali yelled "Cassius, Cassius!" Then ali's eyes get real big. I mean real big. And right then I knew that was NOT the thing to call out to Mr. Ali. hahahaha. I literally was afraid for my friend who by this time was almost right on top of Ali's car - it was a slow traffic day with the concert coming soon. so we all got a good look at Ali.
Ali never got out of his car but he made like he was really upset. The two young ladies in his car were laughing hysterically through it all. It was both funny and weird as hell to witness all of that. So fluky yet somehow spiritual at the same time. WEIRD. Still seems unreal to me.
I had to retell my brush with Ali here after his passing. He enjoyed having fun with people. Especially that day.
Anyhow, me and some friends of my friend wanted to go see The Who. They were playing at the L.A. Coliseum this particular October night. But since we didn't have tickets on us we went to the Coliseum during the daylight hours in hopes of procuring some tickets.
A funny thing happened on the way however. We left our car parked some distance away from the Coliseum and were walking towards a main L.A. road where the Coliseum resides when shock of shocks - one of us goes "Hey, there's Ali!". Of course I thought immediately it must be someone that merely resembled him . NOOOO. It was Muhammad Ali in the flesh riding in a convertible brown Rolls Royce with a woman on either side of him with the top down. The one who spotted Ali yelled "Cassius, Cassius!" Then ali's eyes get real big. I mean real big. And right then I knew that was NOT the thing to call out to Mr. Ali. hahahaha. I literally was afraid for my friend who by this time was almost right on top of Ali's car - it was a slow traffic day with the concert coming soon. so we all got a good look at Ali.
Ali never got out of his car but he made like he was really upset. The two young ladies in his car were laughing hysterically through it all. It was both funny and weird as hell to witness all of that. So fluky yet somehow spiritual at the same time. WEIRD. Still seems unreal to me.
I had to retell my brush with Ali here after his passing. He enjoyed having fun with people. Especially that day.
