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Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandfather of Laila Ali.
The original Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), nicknamed Cash, was the son of Kentucky Revolutionary War veteran, politician and slave-owner General Green Clay. While at Yale College,...
Jan 6, 2023 · At the age of 70, in 1990, Cassius Clay Sr. passed away due to a heart attack on his way to leave a department store he was visiting. Other than Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay Sr. fathered Rahaman Ali. By the time Clay Sr. died, Muhammad Ali no longer boxed professionally in the ring.
Feb 10, 1990 · Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., father of the former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, died of a heart attack Thursday night shortly after he collapsed while leaving a department store. He...
Oct 19, 2016 · Learn about the life and legacy of Cassius Marcellus Clay, a Kentucky politician and abolitionist who survived multiple assassination attempts and served as a US ambassador to Russia. He was also the great-grandfather of Muhammad Ali, who changed his name from Cassius Clay Jr.
Feb 10, 1990 · The father of Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., died at 77 after suffering a massive heart attack. Clay collapsed Thursday night as he was walking out of a department store in...
Cassius Marcellus Clay was an American antislavery leader who served the abolition movement in spite of his Southern background. Although he was the son of a slaveholder and a relative of the Kentucky senator Henry Clay, who—true to his byname (the Great Compromiser)—favoured only gradual.
