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  1. Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali , and the paternal grandfather of Laila Ali .

  2. Feb 10, 1990 · Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., father of the former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, died of a heart attack Thursday night shortly after he collapsed while leaving a department store. He was ...

  3. Cassius Marcellus Clay (born Oct. 19, 1810, Madison county, Ky., U.S.—died July 22, 1903, Whitehall, Ky.) was an American antislavery leader who served the abolition movement in spite of his Southern background. Cassius Marcellus Clay. Although he was the son of a slaveholder and a relative of the Kentucky senator Henry Clay, who—true to ...

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  5. Oct 19, 2016 · Learn about the life and legacy of Cassius Marcellus Clay, a Kentucky politician and abolitionist who survived multiple assassination attempts and served as a US ambassador to Russia. He was also the great-grandfather of Muhammad Ali, who changed his name from Cassius Clay Jr.

  6. Truth is, Ali’s father—Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr.—was named after a Kentucky slave owner turned abolitionist. The original Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), nicknamed Cash, was the son of ...

  7. Feb 6, 2024 · A family of enslavers, the Clays of Kentucky owned a massive plantation. In 1810, they welcomed Cassius Marcellus Clay, who grew up in a 44-room mansion called White Hall. But as an adult, Clay would change life at White Hall forever by freeing his family’s slaves. Library of Congress White Hall, located in Madison County, Kentucky, was the ...

  8. Feb 10, 1990 · Feb. 10, 1990 12 AM PT. The father of Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., died at 77 after suffering a massive heart attack. Clay collapsed Thursday night as he was walking out of a ...

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