LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The Latest on the death of Muhammad Ali (all times EDT):
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11 a.m.
People are flocking to Muhammad Ali’s boyhood home in Louisville, Kentucky, to pay tribute to the boxing great, leaving flowers, balloons and boxing gloves around the marker designating it a historical site.
The small pink home on Grand Avenue was recently renovated and turned into a museum. Said Dorothy Poynter, who grew up with Ali in the neighborhood, “We were all so proud of him.”
Another memorial has grown outside the Muhammad Ali Center, a downtown museum that promotes his humanitarian ideals and showcases his remarkable career.
Andrew Hale took his 3-year-old daughter, Chloe, there on Sunday to explain to her who Ali was.
He said: “He was strong, courageous, and I hope I can be like that one day and just show love to my daughter like he showed his. … She asked me where he is and I said he was in heaven.”
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9:10 a.m.
Spectators at the French Open men’s final, many of them standing, have paid tribute to Muhammad Ali with a sustained bout of applause before the title match between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. A photo of Ali, who died Friday at age 74, was shown on the jumbo screen overlooking the Court Philippe Chatrier.
Djokovic told a TV interviewer that he is feeling “a lot of emotion” before the “very important match.”
Murray said he’s “looking forward to it” because “these are matches you play for.”