Ferdie Pacheco, 89, known for being Muhammad Ali's ringside doctor, has died.
Fernando Pacheco was born in Tampa, Fla., and earned a medical degree from the University of Miami in 1959. He first met Ali, known then as Cassius Clay, in 1960 when he was training with legendary boxing coach Angelo Dundee in Miami Beach._____
Ali, who later developed a reputation for brash talk and social criticism, would often entertain the crowd between bouts at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, Pacheco told NPR's Scott Simon in 2010.
"He was the most energetic, entertaining young man you ever saw," Pacheco said. "He just had a buoyant sort of happiness with him. To him boxing was fun. Entertaining the public was fun."
Malcolm Young, 64, a founder of the band AC/DC has died. Shockingly to me at least, he was suffering from dementia and had been for three years, which is way young to have that.
Young was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on Jan. 6, 1953. He helped form AC/DC in Sydney, Australia, with his brother Angus in 1973. The band released their debut album High Voltage in 1975 and later became known for hits such as Highway to Hell, Thunderstruck and Back in Black._____
The band's 1981 album For Those About to Rock We SaluteYou was their first to reach number one in the United States.
Young was the rhythm guitarist for the band until 2014, when his health began to decline due to dementia, the symptoms of which began appearing while the group was making their 2008 album Black Ice.
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