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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Odessa_Grady_ClayOdessa Grady Clay - Wikipedia

    Odessa Lee Clay (née O'Grady; February 12, 1917 – August 20, 1994) was the mother of three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandmother of Laila Ali. She married Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. in the 1930s and worked for some time as a household domestic to help support her young children.

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  3. www.nytimes.com › 1994/08/23 › obituariesAli's Mother Is Dead at 77 - The New York Times

    Aug 23, 1994 · Odessa Lee Grady Clay, mother of the three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, died Sunday at the Hurstbourne Health Center, a nursing home. She was 77 and had been disabled by a...

  4. www.irishcentral.com › roots › muhammad-ali-irish-rootsThe story of Muhammad Ali's Irish roots - IrishCentral

    Oct 30, 2022 · Muhammad Ali, the boxing legend and civil rights activist, was descended from Abe Grady, an Irish immigrant from Ennis, County Clare. His mother, Odessa Grady Clay, was the great-granddaughter of Abe and a freed slave from Liberia.

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  6. www.smh.com.au › world › north-americaDNA evidence links Muhammad Ali to heroic slave, family says

    The Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, with his mother, Odessa Grady Clay in 1963. AP. Then, it was more of an abstract concept, a statement against white oppression; Ali did not know much, if anything, about his ancestors or his own family tree.

  7. face2faceafrica.com › article › the-special-bond-shared-byThe special bond shared by Muhammad Ali and mum Odessa Clay

    Mar 26, 2020 · Odessa Clay died of heart failure on August 20, 1994 aged 77 at Hurstbourne Health Center, a nursing home in the Louisville, Kentucky area. She had been disabled by a stroke since February...

  8. archive.nytimes.com › www › booksHeritage of a Heavyweight - The New York Times Web Archive

    Odessa Lee Clay was born in Hopkins County in western Kentucky. Her parents, John Grady and Birdie Morehead Grady, were divorced about 50 years ago, after which . Grady moved to...

  9. www.chicagotribune.com › 1994/08/23 › alis-biggest-fan-passes-awayALI’S BIGGEST FAN PASSES AWAY – Chicago Tribune

    Aug 23, 1994 · Odessa Clay was a devoted and supportive fan of her son's boxing career, traveling to see him fight around the world. She died in 1994 after a stroke, and Ali could not talk to her in recent months.