>Begin rant
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>The NYT has a list of the IMPORTANT people who died this year.
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>The adjectives I'd use for a lot of them - Prince, David Bowie etc aren't appropriate for this time of year.
>Of course it included the draft-dodging traitor Cassius Clay - I never bought into his adopted name- who I think was the most overrated athlete of my time.
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>However, what really riled me...
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>Arnold Palmer wasn't on the list!
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>End rant.

I have a different perspective on Clay/Ali. While I strongly disagree with some of his statements/actions, I don't think he was overrated. He was truly one-of-a-kind.