{"id":39581,"date":"2016-06-05T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39581"},"modified":"2016-06-05T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T22:24:00","slug":"39581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39581","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali dead: Why the iconic boxer&#8217;s Hollywood star isn&#8217;t on the Walk of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>There was a reason\u00a0the three-time world champion&#8217;s brass star was not placed on the pavement like the rest.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"featured-media medium-width\"><picture title=\"muhammad-ali-1963.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"muhammad-ali-1963.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/styles\/article_small\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/2016\/06\/04\/07\/muhammad-ali-1963.jpg\" alt=\"muhammad-ali-1963.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\nIn a break with tradition, the star was mounted on the wall instead of the pavement at the Kodak Theater entertainment complex. <span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"article-wrapper clearfix\">\n<div class=\"main-content-column\">\n<div id=\"gigya-share-btns-2_gig_containerParent\" class=\"text-wrapper\">\n<p>In 2002 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/MuhammadAli\">Muhammad Ali<\/a> was honoured with a star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t like all the other stars.<\/p>\n<p>In a break with tradition, the star was mounted on the wall instead of the pavement at the Kodak Theater entertainment complex.<\/p>\n<p>The reason? Because the former boxer, 59 at the time, said he did not want his name to be walked on by \u201cpeople who have no respect for me\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/624246174001\/2d3d4a83-ba40-464e-9bfb-2804b076bf67_default\/index.html?videoId=4927293561001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-wrapper clearfix\">\n<div class=\"main-content-column\">\n<div id=\"gigya-share-btns-2_gig_containerParent\" class=\"text-wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cI bear the name of our Beloved Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), and it is impossible that I allow people to trample over his name,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mediaembed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Crystal1Johnson\/status\/738899815187120128\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"738899815187120128\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<p><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Crystal1Johnson\/status\/738899815187120128\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 599px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 59.4324%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage \" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Crystal1Johnson\/status\/738899815187120128\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CkEZdstXAAETPhT.jpg:small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"599\" height=\"356\" data-srcset=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCkEZdstXAAETPhT.jpg%3Asmall 599w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCkEZdstXAAETPhT.jpg%3Alarge 599w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCkEZdstXAAETPhT.jpg 599w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/Crystal1Johnson\/status\/738899815187120128\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-wrapper clearfix\">\n<div class=\"main-content-column\">\n<div id=\"gigya-share-btns-2_gig_containerParent\" class=\"text-wrapper\">\n<p>Ali&#8217;s is the only star whose name is not on the floor, and instead hangs on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>His star was granted after the committee decided that boxing could be considered a form of \u201clive performance\u201d and a contribution to the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,500 stars embedded in the sidewalks on 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.<\/p>\n<p>The former boxing champion died at the age\u00a0of 74 after being admitted to hospital with respiratory problems. He had battled\u00a0Parkinson&#8217;s Disease for more than\u00a030 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/people\/muhammad-ali-death-hollywood-star-why-is-it-on-the-wall-not-walk-of-fame-a7065186.html\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/people\/muhammad-ali-death-hollywood-star-why-is-it-on-the-wall-not-walk-of-fame-a7065186.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a reason\u00a0the three-time world champion&#8217;s brass star was not placed on the pavement like the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}