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Updated: 9:07 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 | Posted: 8:37 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 2013

Family denies Ali near death

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Former boxing legend Muhammad Ali arrives for festivities at the 2013 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Ali's family denied rumors he was near death.

By Joel Provano

Muhammad Ali’s family is denying reports that the legendary boxer is near death.

According to the Courier-Journal of Louisville, the family posted on Twitter a photo of Ali wearing a Baltimore Ravens jersey as he prepared to watch the Super Bowl. Family spokesman Bob Gunnell told the Courier-Journal that Ali was at home in Phoenix with his wife, Lonnie.

“He looks great,” Gunnell said. “He’s having a Super Bowl party.”

Reports that Ali is gravely ill were published over the weekend by two British newspapers — The Sun and The Daily Mail, which quoted Ali’s brother, Rahman Ali, as saying: “It could be months, it could be days. I don’t know if he’ll last the summer. He’s in God’s hands.”

Ali, 71, suffers from Parkinson’s disease. His archrival, Joe Frazier, whom Ali fought in three epic bouts, died in 2011.

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