# Have you seen the illustration of Muhammad Ali entering heaven? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099 "2016-06-11T12:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/21 "2016-06-11T16:43:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Did anyone mention how odd it would be to have a Catholic, a Protestant and an atheist welcoming a Muslim into heaven? > > (Edit: Catholic - coulda sworn I saw a JFK in there … fuck it, put him the picture and then reread my post) You have Andy Warhol there. It may surprise people but he was a devout Catholic and attended Mass regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/22 "2016-06-11T16:46:30Z")
“Okay, people, break for lunch. But I want everyone back here in a hour for Gordie Howe.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/23 "2016-06-11T17:53:44Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > Who are the three people prior to Pryor? Rocky Marciano, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Joe Louis. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/24 "2016-06-11T18:05:27Z")
Is that Jesus or John Lennon in the back? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/25 "2016-06-11T18:11:52Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > WTF is Robin Williams? Hell? > [@Jophiel](#): > > Right hand, third from the back? Probably a mistake. As they (Twain or Barrie) say, “Heaven for climate, Hell for company.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/26 "2016-06-11T21:02:18Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Who’s the guy on the lower left? Is that Jimmy Hoffa? The guy on the lower left? He looks like Howard Cosell. And if he isn’t, he ought to be. Cosell definitely belongs in that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/27 "2016-06-12T01:29:52Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The guy on the lower left? He looks like Howard Cosell. And if he isn’t, he ought to be. Cosell definitely belongs in that picture. Agree that Cosell should be in there, but that guy on the lower left is Ali’s trainer [Angelo Dundee](http://thesportsfanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ali-and-angelo-dundee.jpg) (as pointed out by **Snake Hips** in post 15). mmm ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/28 "2016-06-12T04:50:21Z")
So when I’m welcomed into heaven, my first words will be “What the _Fuhh…? Who ARE_ you people?” I mean, when I ‘come toward the light’ and suddenly find Isaac Asimov, Confucius and Sam Clemens and Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Johnson, and Whitney ‘n’ Bobbi and Ann B. Davis all lined up waiting to high-five me, how am I supposed to take the whole thing seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/29 "2016-06-12T05:03:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Is that Jesus or John Lennon in the back? Lennon, fer sure. But what about the other long-haired white guy, with the Butterfly sign? Not what I remember George Harrison looking like. The second guy from the back on the right (between Superman and Robin Williams)? Is that Ray Charles? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/30 "2016-06-12T11:22:09Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Lennon, fer sure. > > But what about the other long-haired white guy, with the Butterfly sign? Not what I remember George Harrison looking like. > > The second guy from the back on the right (between Superman and Robin Williams)? Is that Ray Charles? Yes it is Charles. And apparently if you are blind on earth you remain blind in heaven. Now \*that \*would suck. (unless Ray just likes his shades). mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/31 "2016-06-12T11:24:36Z")
Just noticed how Ray Charles is leaning in to get a better look. Hey, photos don’t lie! mmm ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/32 "2016-06-12T11:46:08Z")
So Elvis IS dead? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/33 "2016-06-12T12:38:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So when I’m welcomed into heaven, my first words will be “What the _Fuhh…? Who ARE_ you people?” > > I mean, when I ‘come toward the light’ and suddenly find Isaac Asimov, Confucius and Sam Clemens and Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Johnson, and Whitney ‘n’ Bobbi and Ann B. Davis all lined up waiting to high-five me, how am I supposed to take the whole thing seriously? \*I dreamt death came the other night And heaven’s gate swung wide; With kindly grace an angel came To usher me inside. Yet there to my astonishment Stood folks I’d known on earth, Some I had judged as quite unfit Or of but little worth. Indignant words rose to my lips But never were set free; For every face showed stunned surprise NO ONE expected me! \* ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/34 "2016-06-12T16:28:15Z")
From left to right: 1. Angelo Dundee 2. George Harrison 3. Nelson Mandela 4. Sammy Davis, Jr. 5. Michael Jackson 6. Prince 7. Elvis Presley 8. John Lennon 9. Christopher Reeve 10. Ray Charles 11. Robin Williams 12. Richard Pryor 13. ? 14. ? 15. Duke Ellington? 16. Andy Warhol 17. Martin Luther King Can someone enlighten me on the two I’m missing, and confirm or deny the one I’m not sure of? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/35 "2016-06-12T16:39:03Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Is that Jesus or John Lennon in the back? Has to be Lennon, he said he was bigger than God. Or did he say Rod? Probably, Rod Stewart wouldn’t be big for several years. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/36 "2016-06-12T17:10:16Z")
I know this illustration is ridiculous six ways from Sunday, but why would Christopher Reeve be wearing his Superman costume? mmm ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/37 "2016-06-12T17:11:29Z")
I guess Michael Jackson got a pass. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/38 "2016-06-12T20:09:21Z")
1. Rocky Marciano 2. pretty sure, Joe Frazier 3. Duke Elllington Guy with the _Float like a butterfly_ sign is either George Harrison or Jesus. No women in Heaven? Heaven forbid! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/39 "2016-06-12T22:18:14Z")
Question for discussion: What female figures would you nominate to include in this particular picture? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099/40 "2016-06-13T00:30:16Z")
Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Why not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-the-illustration-of-muhammad-ali-entering-heaven/757099.md?page=3)