But the legendary boxer also featured in the 1969 Broadway musicalBuck White.
He was slightly more kind about Ali’s performance.
“He emerges as a modest, naturally appealing man,” Barnes said.
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“He sings with a pleasant slightly impersonal voice, acts without embarrassment and moves with innate dignity.”
Ali appeared onThe Ed Sullivan Showto perform numbers from the musical.
Watch one of them below (viaHesherman.com).
Ali also famously appeared onan episode ofDiff’rent Strokesand was the subject of the acclaimed documentaryWhen We Were Kings.
