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Associated Press: Documentarian Ken Burns making film on Muhammad Ali

Published March 28, 2017 at 8:21 pm

FILES) This file photo taken on March 4, 1976 shows heavyweight boxing world champion Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) during a press conference in Paris about his book "The Greatest". Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, died June 3, 2016, his family said.

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The late Muhammad Ali is getting the Ken Burns treatment.

The PBS documentarian announced March 28 that he and two partners will make a two-part, four-hour film about the former heavyweight champ, who died last June. Burns, his daughter Sarah and David McMahon collaborated for a PBS documentary on Jackie Robinson that debuted last year.