Laila Ali: My father is 'not suffering anymore'

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Last Updated : Jun 06 2016 | 10:32 PM IST
Laila Ali says she'll miss her legendary father deeply, but doesn't feel alone in her grief because "the whole world is sad."
The daughter of Muhammad Ali, who died Friday in Arizona at age 74 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, tells NBC's "Today" show today that her father is "not suffering anymore." When asked whether he had grown weary of fighting the condition, Ali said death was one of the things her father feared and "he definitely wouldn't want to just move on."
Ali says she'll remember him as "a loving father," who "always puts children first." She says she just told her own children about their grandfather's death Monday morning.
Ali, a former boxing champion herself, says she shares her father's trademark confidence.
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First Published: Jun 06 2016 | 10:32 PM IST

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