Rahaman Ali, Younger Brother of Muhammad Ali, Dead at 82
Rahaman Ali Muhammad Ali’s Brother Dead at 82
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Muhammad Ali‘s younger brother, Rahaman Ali, has died.
The Muhammad Ali Center announced Rahaman’s death on Saturday … saying Rahaman passed away the day prior.
A cause of death was not immediately revealed, and the center said funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time.
We reached out to a rep for the Muhammad Ali Center, who declined to share more information.
Rahaman followed in his big brother’s boxing footsteps … enjoying a professional boxing career between 1964 and 1972.
The Muhammad Ali Center describes Rahaman as “his brother’s biggest supporter.” He wrote two books about the late boxing legend … 2014’s “That’s Muhammad Ali’s Brother! My Life on the Undercard” and 2019’s “My Brother, Muhammad Ali – The Definitive Biography.”
Muhammad’s daughter Hana shared a selfie with her uncle paired with a touching text tribute to remember him. She called him a “sweet, gentle soul with a heart as big as the world” and praised his “extraordinary” relationship with her father.
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Meanwhile, Laila Ali posted … “My father loved his brother Rahaman so deeply. They are now back in the arms of their beloved parents. May they all rest in eternal peace together.
Muhammad died back in a Phoenix-area hospital in 2016 due to respiratory complications.