What famed U.S. boxing champion - and one of the world's most formidable athletes - was entrusted with lighting the flame at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta?

The 1960 Rome Olympic boxing champion, Muhammed Ali, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984. In the Atlanta games of 1996, he was entrusted with the responsibility and honor of lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony, which was one of the most moving moments in Olympic history.

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