The Facilitator mourns the loss of his friend, Muhammad Ali (The Associated Press)

They called him ”The Facilitator” because when it came to Muhammad Ali, Gene Kilroy got things done. For years he traveled the world with Ali, smoothing the way for the heavyweight champ and making sure he didn’t have to worry about anything other than fighting. Kilroy took care of everything, from arranging sparring partners to waking Ali up at 4 a.m. to go for his morning run during training.