--- title: Muhammad Ali: What to Know About Parkinson's Disease description: Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali died on Friday at 74, decades after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. canonical: https://time.com/4357520/muhammad-ali-dead-parkinsons-disease/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-04T14:02:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:23:29.538Z article:section: Sports og:title: What to Know About Parkinson's Disease After Muhammad Ali's Death og:description: The boxer had lived with the disease for decades og:url: https://time.com/4357520/muhammad-ali-dead-parkinsons-disease/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb58cb9ff60cdf9dc/69889665cd1bbae522700fa4/muhammad-ali-parkinsons.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Celebrity Fight Night X" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What to Know About Parkinson's Disease After Muhammad Ali's Death twitter:description: The boxer had lived with the disease for decades twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb58cb9ff60cdf9dc/69889665cd1bbae522700fa4/muhammad-ali-parkinsons.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What to Know About Parkinson's Disease After Muhammad Ali's Death by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 4, 2016 2:02 PM UTC  Muhammad Ali and wife Lonnie Ali arrive at 'Celebrity Fight Night X', a charity event to raise money for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona on March 27, 2004. Muhammad Ali and wife Lonnie Ali arrive at 'Celebrity Fight Night X', a charity event to raise money for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona on March 27, 2004.Carlo Allegri—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 4, 2016 2:02 PM UTC [Legendary boxer](http://time.com/4357436/muhammad-ali-dead-sonny-liston-fight-photo/) [Muhammad Ali ](http://time.com/muhammad-ali-dead/)died on Friday at 74, [decades after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease](http://bigstory.ap.org/40d578574b5d419d82a427575b045c03). He had recently been admitted to a hospital in Arizona with serious respiratory issues, and family members rushed to his bedside as his condition deteriorated. The Associated Press offers some answers to common questions about Parkinson’s: --- > “” --- [Read more from the AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/40d578574b5d419d82a427575b045c03). _For much more on Muhammad Ali, see TIME’s_ ALI: The Greatest_, a 112-page, fully illustrated commemorative edition. 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