Rahman Ali’s younger brother Mohammad Ali And a former boxer, died at the age of 82, Muhammad Ali Center In Louisville, Kentaki said on Saturday.
Rahman died on Friday, August 1, said the non -profit museum dedicated to boxing legend. The cause of his death was not released.
Born as Rudolf Arnet Clay, Rahman was younger than his elder brother for one and a half years. In her little pink house in West End, Louisville, brothers loved wrestling and playing cards and shooting hops. He saw his elder brother, on his way, when Rahman became a professional boxer in heavyweight class from 1964 to 1972.
When Muhammad died in 2016Rahman remembered him as “really melodious, kind, loving, giving, affectionate, amazing person”.
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After retiring from the campaign, Rahman often traveled with Muhammad and trained with Muhammad.
The non -profit statement said, “Rahman was the biggest supporter of his brother.”
In 2014, Rahman Ali released a book, titled “This is Muhammad Ali’s brother! My life on the undercard.” This boxing writer and columnist H. Ron was a co-author by Bresier. Rahman Ali also wrote a second book in 2019 called “My Brother, Muhammad Ali – the Defreit Biography”.
“You cannot tell the story of Muhammad without mentioning Rahman,” Muhammad Ali Center President and CEO Dewon Holt said in a statement. “He was one of the most constant sources of support for Muhammad during this career and his relationship was a true example of what ‘my brother’s protector’ means.”
The organization said that Rahman Ali’s funeral will be arranged at the later date.