American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006).
Born January 4th, 1935 in Waco.
Died May 11th, 2006 at 71 years old in New Paltz (prostate cancer). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks