muhammad ali lighting the torch. that was bob costas on nbc describing it as it happened. muhammad ali battled parkinson's for more than three decades. over the weekend he died from septic shock due to unspecified causes. he was 74 years old. we've learned new details about funeral plans for ali. islamic funeral prayer service will be held thursday in his native kentucky. a public funeral will take place the day after that. i'm joined by new york daily news columnist mike lupica. you wrote about that torch lighting and what it meant. >> even though we will never know how many of his own memories he lost over the last few years, we keep all of ours. and i was thinking, louisville gave him to the world a long time ago. and the world gives him back this weekend. and it's going to be a fantastic scene. the public procession, the prayer service and then the public memorial.