Photograph caption dated January 20, 1981 reads, "Former boxing champ Muhammad Ali talked a would-be leaper from a threatened suicide attempt, coaxing the distraught vet from a ninth-floor perch outside a building on Wilshire Boulevard. Ali invited the man to come home with him. 'We both cried a few tears, me because I felt sorry for him. I showed him I loved him' as a brother, Ali said."; See images 00148606-00148607 & 00148632 for all photographs in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 22 cm. Photographic prints
Ali, Muhammad,--1942-2016 Suicidal behavior--California--Los Angeles Veterans--United States Boxers (Sports)--United States Men--California--Los Angeles Buildings--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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