Muhammad Ali Covers Time Magazine Latest Edition

In commemoration of the boxing legend, Muhammad Ali who passed away on Friday, Time Magazine used an image of the boxing legend taken in 1963 by Philippe Halsman for their latest issue.

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Ali—who has been featured on the cover of TIME four times—first appeared on the cover in the issue published March 22, 1963, when his name was still Cassius Clay. He again appeared on the cover on Feb. 27, 1978, featured in a story that concluded, “He is unlikely to go quietly into the past.”