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Article: Howard Cosell, broadcaster who championed cause of Muhammad Ali, dead at 77.(Obituary)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 15, 1995
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Known as the man who supported Muhammad Ali when he refused to be drafted and the innovator of modern-day sports broadcasting, Howard Cosell recently died at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan. He was 77.
Cosell died of a heart embolism, explained his grandson Justin Cohane. The former ABC sports journalist of 30 years had undergone surgery in 1991 for the removal of a cancerous chest tumor.
Cosell, whose trademark for "telling it like it is," battled to help then heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali defend his right to refuse Army induction as a conscientious objector in 1967.
"Nobody says a damn word about the professional football players who ...