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It was easier to get Ali to pose than Frazier. Joe still resented all the torment Ali had caused him over the years. Ali had made all the money, too. Joe finally agreed to pose when we offered to go to his gym in Philadelphia.I knew it would be a difficult shoot because Ali had Parkinson’s and, I learned that day, Frazier had diabetes. Ali walked in, and I set a stool in the ring for him to sit on. Joe said, “What about me? Man, I can barely walk. My legs are killing me.” But they were happy, joking around and hamming it up in every shot.Near the end I switched from color to sepia film. I said, “Look, guys, just stare at the camera. No smiles, no gags.” I did one frame, then a second, and there it was, the picture I was looking for: two battered warriors who’d left their lives in the ring. Photographed by Walter Iooss Jr./SI

It was easier to get Ali to pose than Frazier. Joe still resented all the torment Ali had caused him over the years. Ali had made all the money, too. Joe finally agreed to pose when we offered to go to his gym in Philadelphia.I knew it would be a difficult shoot because Ali had Parkinson’s and, I learned that day, Frazier had diabetes. Ali walked in, and I set a stool in the ring for him to sit on. Joe said, “What about me? Man, I can barely walk. My legs are killing me.” But they were happy, joking around and hamming it up in every shot.Near the end I switched from color to sepia film. I said, “Look, guys, just stare at the camera. No smiles, no gags.” I did one frame, then a second, and there it was, the picture I was looking for: two battered warriors who’d left their lives in the ring.

Photographed by Walter Iooss Jr./SI

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corollatalk:

RIP Mike DeStefano

So early to lose such a great distinct voice, sigh.

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thesmithian: Redd Foxx was born on this day in 1925. Hie died October 1991 (and it’s always been said that Eddie Murphy paid for his funeral). It was about way more than Sanford & Son.

thesmithian:

Redd Foxx was born on this day in 1925. Hie died October 1991 (and it’s always been said that Eddie Murphy paid for his funeral).

It was about way more than Sanford & Son.

thesmithian

GangStarr- You Know My Steez

I used to listen to this on the way to middle school and wonder who the rapper was, haha.  Guru, RIP

soupsoup: LOVE THIS

soupsoup:

LOVE THIS
brooklynmutt: think4yourself: Ted Kennedy | RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch

brooklynmutt:

think4yourself:

Ted Kennedy | RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch

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“Whether we were a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal, we worried about making it out of high school, or even just surviving in the world, and Hughes made us feel as though we were not alone.”

Sean L McCarthy (the comic’s comic) on director John Hughes, RIP

the87stickupkids: the trillest. wtf Jeff Goldblum?

the87stickupkids:

the trillest.

wtf

Jeff Goldblum?

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