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FILE - In this April 28, 1967 file photo, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is escorted from the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station in Houston by Lt. Col. J. Edwin McKee, commandant of the station, after Ali refused Army induction. Ali never spent a day in prison for his actions even though he was sentenced to serve five years for draft evasion before the Supreme Court overturned his case on a technicality. But many black athletes have paid when taking a stand, or a knee, for speaking out for social or political change. Ali lost the heavyweight title and spent three years in forced exile from the ring. (AP Photo/File)

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FILE - In this June 9, 1978, file photo, Ken Norton, right, follows through with his right as Larry Holmes misses during an early round of their heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas. Norton, a former heavyweight champion, has died, his son said, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. He was 70. (AP Photo/File_

Ken Norton dies at 70; former heavyweight champ beat Ali

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Jill Curtis, widow of the late actor Tony Curtis, speaks to members of the media at her home Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in Henderson, Nev. Tony Curtis died Wednesday at the age of 85. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Family plans public farewell for actor Tony Curtis

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