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Marlins erroneously announce Muhammad Ali’s death

June 3, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Muhammad Ali Marlins

Muhammad Ali Marlins

The Miami Marlins had a moment straight out of a Southwest Airlines commercial.

During Friday night’s home game against the New York Mets, the Marlins flashed an image of Muhammad Ali on the scoreboard, along with the text, 1942-2016:

Just announced at the Marlins game the goat has passed Muhammad Ali pic.twitter.com/tXnTJaXTIJ

— 1999 PEDRO MARTINEZ (@b0ss561) June 4, 2016

The Marlins’ announcement of Ali’s death is premature as the boxing legend is still alive by all accounts, though said to be on life support.

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