A mansion in Los Angeles that once belonged to Muhammad Ali has hit the market for $16.999 million.
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The historic estate sits on 1.5 acres in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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It's part of a gated community called Fremont Place, which is known for its historic mansions.
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Ali and his wife, Veronica Porché Ali, bought the home in 1979, around the time Ali retired from professional boxing.
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The 14,500 square foot home is furnished with plush furniture, antique chairs ...
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Mrs. Ali decorated the house to look "like a museum, with gilded furniture, Renaissance paintings, Oriental rugs, and huge standing urns," according to The Wall Street Journal.
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One light-filled room has skylights and wall-to-wall windows. When the Alis lived there, Mrs. Ali reportedly kept a dozen exotic birds in an aviary in the home.
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The house hosted many celebrity guests while the Ali family lived there, including Michael Jackson, Clint Eastwood, and Sylvester Stallone.
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Ali reportedly had a "more-or-less open-door policy, often bringing home a half-dozen or more strangers he'd befriended," according to The Wall Street Journal.
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The kitchen features ample counter space and what appears to be a massive refrigerator.
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The mansion, which was designed by John C. Austin, dates back to 1916.
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It even has its original fuse boxes which date back to more than 100 years ago.
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The current owners, Michael Lawson and Mattie McFadden-Lawson, who bought the house in 2001 for $2.5 million, previously worked with president Barack Obama.
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McFadden-Lawson served on the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts and Lawson was an Ambassador and Permanent US Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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Barack and Michelle Obama visited the home on several occasions, they said.
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The house hit the market on January 17, 2018, which would have been Ali's 77th birthday. He died in 2016 at the age of 74.
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