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Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
American painter, father of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr
Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was an American painter and musician.
He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandfather of Laila Ali. He married Odessa Lee O'Grady in 1934 and worked as a painter. He was described as "a handsome, mercurial, noisy, combative failed dreamer"[1] and a "hard-drinking, skirt-chasing dandy of a daddy".[2] His son Muhammad Ali described him as "the fanciest dancer in Louisville".[3]
Biography
Clay was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, to Herman H.
Clay (March 1876 – February 1, 1954) and Edith E. Greathouse (December 1889 – December 30, 1972[4]). He was named in honor of the 19th-century Republican politician and staunch abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay.
He had a sister and four brothers, including Nathaniel Clay.&#
