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Article: May's surprise visitor was Muhammad Ali.
- Article from:
- Milngavie & Bearsden Herald (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2008
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A MILNGAVIE woman this week looked back on the fond memory of meeting a sporting legend during her stay at a Glasgow hospital.
Mrs May Burke (74) was expecting to give birth to her last child Keylaine (43) at the old Oakbank Hospital in Maryhill when she received a surprise visit from none other than boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
May, who lives in Craigend Crescent, had been in the hospital for several weeks when she befriended an American nurse who promised her an introduction to a friend of hers ? except May didn't know that her friend was one of the most famous people in the world.
She said: "I had been in the hospital for a while because I was ...