There are a couple of local ties to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at the age of 74.
Lori Lynn-Radloff from American Metal & Paper ran into Ali in 1964 at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
“He was in the same gate as my mom’s plane,” said Lynn-Radloff. “I remember I called him Cassius Clay and he said his name was Muhammad Ali. He was very nice; signed an autograph right away.”
Lynn-Radloff has that autograph framed along with a vintage boxing magazine with Ali on the cover.
George Prescott also has a framed Ali photo in his office on Highway 33.
Prescott is in the photo with Ali which was taken a couple years ago at an event in Phoenix – Celebrity Fight Night.