Overview

• Rahaman Ali died on August 1 in hospice care at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville at age 82.
• No cause of death has been released and funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
• As Muhammad Ali’s younger brother and chief sparring partner, he boxed professionally from 1964 to 1972 with a 14-3-1 record.
• He authored two memoirs—2014’s That’s Muhammad Ali’s Brother! My Life on the Undercard and 2019’s My Brother, Muhammad Ali: The Definitive Biography—and worked at the Muhammad Ali Center.
• His death marked the end of Muhammad Ali’s immediate family line, drawing tributes from the Ali Center, his nieces Hana, Laila and Rashida Ali, and Louisville officials.