Secret footage of Muhammad Ali's funeral offered for sale for $1million by a 'FAMILY member'
The video has
been offered to various media outlets in the US as the owner conducted "a
tour of the country" in an attempt to find the highest bidder.
Secret footage
of Muhammad Ali's funeral is being offered for sale for $1 million - and
it is claimed by a member of his own FAMILY who betrayed relatives.
The video,
covertly taken during the private service, has been offered to various
media outlets in the US as the owner conducted "a tour of the
country" in an attempt to find the highest bidder.
So far all
magazines, newspapers and broadcasters have refused to purchase the video which
show's Ali "being lowered into the ground".
The Mirror knows
of at least two US media outlets - one magazine and one broadcaster - which
have been approached with the seven minute tape.
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The
motorcade Muhammad Ali drives along in the funeral procession
motorcade on
Grand Avenue in front of Ali's childhood home
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Well-wishers
touch the hearse carrying the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali
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A source who was
offered the tape told the Mirror: "It is disgusting that some claiming to
be member of Ali's own family could deceive their own flesh and blood.
“There is so
much affection for him and it is not something we would entertain no matter
what the price.
“The seller initially tried to conceal their
identity but when asked how the footage was obtained we were told how they were
a member of the family.
"It shows
Ali being lowered into the ground and his family in tears. It's disgusting.
Clearly they have no respect.”
The demand of $1
million is the equivalent of £680,000.
Ali was buried
in a corner of the historic Cave Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Louisville,
Kentucky.
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President
Bill Clinton speaks during the Muhammad Ali
memorial service
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He picked the
site himself after touring the grounds deciding on a spot just across from a
lake with a fountain.
His headstone
will be simple when it’s installed, in keeping with Muslim tradition.
It will be
inscribed with just one word: Ali.
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Billy
Crystal speaks during a memorial service for
boxing legend Muhammad Ali
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As well as the
boxer's wives and nine children, guests at the private ceremony included former
President Bill Clinton, actors Will Smith and Billy Crystal as well
as former champions Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, George Foreman, Mike
Tyson, Larry Holmes and Bernard Hopkins.
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Maryum
Ali speaks during a memorial service for
boxing legend Muhammad Ali
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Ali, who was
diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984, was taken to hospital at
the end last month suffering from a respiratory illness.
Though his
condition was initially described as "fair", it worsened and he died
on June 3 four days after being admitted to a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Lonnie
Ali, widow of Muhammad Ali, leaves the funeral home
to begin a procession through his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky |
He was 74 and
his cause of death was given as septic shock.
Ali’s death led
to a global outpouring of grief with people travelling from around the world to
attend his memorial service.
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