A great man

1992 met Muhammad Ali at a book signing in Leeds (Austick's). He had been out of the public eye for a while but even so there was a huge queue all the way round the block and also all the builders opposite were hanging on the scaffolding to get a peak. I bought the book and took my turn to meet him with my friend from University. When we got to our turn I was trying to take pictures (in the days when cameras had a thing known as 'film' in them...) and Ali was letting me know that the lens cover was on. It was an automatic thing so it came off but it was nice of him to notice and inform me. Anyway as it turned out when I got back home I discovered that there was no film in the camera !!!! The memory will live forever though. PS/ I should point out that Ali who was scheduled to stay for just an hour chose to stay for more than 3 hours meeting every single person who had queued to see him whether they bought the book or not. Truly a great man and among the most humble I've met - he made everyone feel special.