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Muhammad Ali's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, today paid its deepest respects to its fallen son - and the most iconic sportsman of all time.

The self-proclaimed 'Greatest' died aged 74 overnight following a 32-year-long battle with Parkinson's disease.

The legendary fighter died with his family at his side on Friday evening, a day after he was rushed to hospital outside Phoenix, Arizona, with difficulty breathing.

'After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died.

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Ali died aged 74, a day after he was rushed to hospital with difficulty breathing and 32 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Ali (above with wife Lonnie Williams in 2015) was taken to a hospital on Thursday after he began having difficulty breathing.

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Ali poses with some of his seven daughters and two sons (above) at his most recent birthday party in January of this year.

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Ali with his daughter's Laila (left) and Hana (right) at his birthday party in January, 2016.

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Ali (left) as a young boy with his brother Rahman in Kentucky in 1946, and posing after winning the heavyweight championship belt on Sept. 18 1964.

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A 12 year old Muhammad Ali when he was known as Cassius Clay.

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Ali having some fun with The Beatles - 1964

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Muhammad Ali is photographed with his first wife Sonji Roi in August of 1964.

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Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston in a 1965 fight.

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Ali is pictured greeting the waiting fans and photographers outside his hotel in London prior to his 1966 fight with Cooper.

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Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, predicts he will win in the fifth round before his fight with Henry Cooper at Wembley in 1966.

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Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, in 1966 at the weigh in for his fight with British boxer Henry Cooper.

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Ali and Cooper during their bout for the World Heavyweight title in 1966. The fight was stopped in the sixth round due to a cut above Cooper's left eye.

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Ali with Martin Luther King in 1967. As well as a boxer, Ali is seen as an important figure in the US Civil Rights movement.

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Ali after a training session in 1970. The three-time heavyweight champion had been on life support in hospital, after he was found 'barely breathing' at his home on Thursday.

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Ali with his trainer Angelo Dundee ahead of his fight with Ernie Terrell at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, in February 1967.

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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier battling it out in 1971 in what went down in history as the 'Fight of the Century'.

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Muhammad Ali connects with a right in the 9th round to send sweat flying from Joe Frazier's forehead.

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Muhammad Ali is photographed with basketball player Elgin Baylor, boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson, and football star O. J. Simpson in January of 1971.

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Ali engages in friendly banter with O.J. Simpson in January of 1971.

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Ali is photographed with fellow boxer Ken Norton during the time of their anticipated fight in March of 1973.

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Ali prowls the ring after putting George Foreman down in round eight of the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire in 1974.

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Ali stands above a flattened George Foreman as referee Zack Clayton counts the fallen giant out.

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Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world.

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A playful Ali spots waiting fans as he arrives at Heathrow airport in London in November, 1974.

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Muhammad Ali spends some quality time with his daughter Maryum in 1974.

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Ali receives a friendly jab from music sensation Stevie Wonder during Ali's television show taping in 1975.

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Ali, pictured with his 3rd wife Veronica and daughter, Hana.

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Muhammad Ali is photographed taking time away from the ring to delight in cuddling and playing with daughter, baby Hana.

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Ali with his daughter Hana in 1977. She is now an accomplished author and today described her father as a 'humble mountain'.

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Muhammad Ali shows guests, including Sugar Ray Robinson, a magic trick during an outdoor party at the Los Angeles home of trainer Drew Bundini Brown in 1981.

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Ali is given the Courage Award by singer Whitney Houston at the GQ Man of the Year awards show in New York in 1998.

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Mohammad Ali lights the first Olympic torch for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in 2001.

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Ali shakes hands with his old rival Joe Frazier at a basketball match in Philadelphia in 2004.

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Ali with his wife Lonnie before the start of his daughter Laila's super-middleweight fight in Berlin in 2005.

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Proud Ali stops for a photograph after watching his daughter Laila win a Super Middleweight title.

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Ali began to retreat from the public eye after he was presented with the Presidential Medal of - in 2005 (pictured).

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The boxing great waves to the crowd during the opening ceremony of the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in September 2010.

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Ali waves alongside his wife Lonnie left, and his sister-in-law Marilyn Williams, right, after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in 2012.

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