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During his concert at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif. Friday night, Paul Simon was in the middle of the Simon & Garfunkel hit "The Boxer" when he paused to tell the crowd that boxing legend Muhammad Ali had passed away.

Early on "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show" today, we talked with retired professional boxer Laila Ali. She is the daughter of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali and is married to former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway, who is one of Free Beer's sports broadcast partners with Compass Media Networks.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is 'very sick,' and his family fears 'The Greatest' may soon 'pass away,' says Ali's brother Rahman Ali. Rahman told a newspaper that the former heavyweight champion is gravely ill and can no longer speak.

This is the 4th time since 2009 that a movie is being filmed in the area. Add the new HBO film 'Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight' to  'Salt', 'The Other Guys', and 'The Place Beyond the Pines' to the list of films being shot in the Capital Region.   Thursday scene shooting will take place around Albany's Education Building as well as the Greyhound Bus Station, then on Friday producers will be in Sche

Seems like the Capital Region area is becoming the 'Hollywood East' as many movie studios are coming here to film parts of movies.  This will the 2nd boxing movie and 4th movie to look for Capital Region residents to be extras recently.  HBO will be filming a movie about Muhammad Ali May 10th - 11th called 'Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight'.  Do you have what it takes?

World-renowned singer Chris Cornell, who fronts Soundgarden and, formerly, Audioslave, has been chosen to perform at Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday celebration, which will take place Saturday, February 18 at MGM's Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.