Turkey’s Erdogan to join dignitaries, celebrities at Ali memorials (Reuters)
By Kia Johnson LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will join former U.S. President Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal among the politicians, religious leaders and entertainers speaking at two public memorial services for boxing legend Muhammad Ali this week, a family spokesman said on Monday. More than 30,000 tickets will be distributed to the public for the two memorials scheduled for Thursday and Friday in sports arenas in Ali’s home town of Louisville, Kentucky, Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell said. Mourners who cannot get tickets will be able to watch a funeral procession that will drive Ali’s remains through Louisville, including along a boulevard bearing his name, to the Cave Hill Cemetery.