Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984

Heavy weight boxing champion Muhammad Ali reflected on his life and legacy in an interview with Face the Nation 40 years ago, discussing where his life might have gone if he hadn't started boxing - and what he'd like to do when he retires from the sport.

Even as he lay dying, Muhammad Ali continued to amaze those around him. “All of his organs failed but his heart wouldn’t stop beating,” his daughter Hana wrote on social media. “For 30 minutes … his heart just [kept] beating. No one had ever seen ...

Those who had the opportunity to watch Muhammad Ali in the boxing ring witnessed pure athletic dominance wrapped in a brash display of swaggering bravado. For those who never got the chance to see the heavyweight champion boxer, the pages of LIFE offered ...

In his long and successful career as a historian, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has told stories about the United States, examining the glories promised by our democracy and the parallel realities of racism, sexism, poverty and politics that have always ...

Thousands gathered to honor boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Celebrities, family and friends payed tribute to his boxing career and his life outside the ring. Dr. Todd Boyd from the University Of Southern California joins CBSN to remember the boxer and legend.

Sidewalk Sparring. Muhammad Ali enjoying a spontaneous encounter with his fans in Detroit, Mich., in the late 1970s. (Burns/PBS/Michael Gaffney) If ever the phrase “speak truth to power” found its pure expression, it was when Ali said, “No Viet Cong ...