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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY : TALK THE SUICIDAL TENDENCY AMONG MUSICIANS  

It is overwhelming to see that we lost some best musicians this year. The most heartbreaking ones are Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. They were in physically good condition, nobody expect them to gone too soon, let alone in a really shocking way, suicide. How could this happen to them? They got everything people crave to get, the dream job, many people work their ass off to be notable musicians. Prior to that, they had money, fame, and if it’s not complete, let us remind you that they both had incredible supportive families. They got the world in their hands. People keep wondering why? Yet, nobody can give the exact answers, but Chris and Chester themselves.  

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Elvis Presley during rehearsals for the Frank Sinatra Show in 1960.

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Elvis Presley on the set of “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)   

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RIP Muhammad Ali

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In one of the most iconic and controversial moments of his career, Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and yells at him after knocking the former champ down in the first round of their 1965 rematch. Skeptics dubbed it “the Phantom Punch,” but films show Ali’s flashing right caught Liston flush, knocking him to the canvas. Refusing to go to a neutral corner, Ali stood over Liston and told him to “get up and fight, sucker." Ali, the heavyweight boxing legend who fought opponents in the ring and on behalf of social justice outside of it, has died at 74 years old. (Neil Leifer)

GALLERY: SI’s 100 Greatest Photos of Muhammad Ali

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20-year-old Muhammad Ali photographed by Stanley Weston in New York on May 17, 1962.

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Muhammad Ali 1942 - 2016

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Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) vs Sonny Liston for the World Heavyweight boxing title at Miami Beach Convention Hall on February 25, 1964.

As the 7-1 underdog, 22-year-old Ali defeated Sonny Liston in six rounds by TKO. The fight was almost cancelled due to Ali’s religious beliefs. While he trained in Miami he had his mentor Malcolm X with him. When the promoter threatened to cancel the fight if Ali didn’t distance himself from Malcolm and the Nation of Islam, Ali said, “My religion is more important to me than the fight.” The promoter finally relented when Malcolm agreed to leave Miami and return only the night of the fight. Before the fight, Malcolm X told Ali, “This fight is the truth. It’s the Cross and the Crescent fighting in a prize ring–for the first time. It’s a modern Crusades–a Christian and a Muslim facing each other with television to beam it off Telstar for the whole world to see what happens! Do you think Allah has brought about all this intending for you to leave the ring as anything but a champion?" 

Malcolm was sitting ringside in seat number 7 when Ali became the champion.

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GOODBYE CHAMP

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Muhammad Ali celebrating with Malcolm X at the Hampton House in Miami after he won the World Heavyweight Championship against Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964.

Photos by Bob Gomel

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Ali & X

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The King and The Champ. Muhammad Ali putting on Elvis Presley’s $10,000 robe in 1973.

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The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali at 5th street gym in Miami Beach on February 18, 1964.  

Photos by Paul Slade 

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In January of 1982, a young man perched himself on the roof of a building in Los Angeles. As he prepared to jump from the building, Muhammad Ali’s public relations manager spotted him. He saw the officers trying to talk him down. He got straight on the phone to the heavyweight champion who rushed to the scene and climbed up the stairs to the suicidal man.

The young man told Ali that he was a “nobody.” He relayed that he couldn’t find a job, that he was depressed, and that his mother and father didn’t love him and that nobody loves him. Ali responded by telling him that he wasn’t a nobody that that “I love him or I wouldn’t be there.” Ali told the young man that if he came down, he would help him go to school, find him a job and meet his parents and convince them that their son wasn’t a nobody. “You’re my brother, I love you and I wouldn’t lie to you,” Ali said, before offering him to come home with him and meet his friends.

The young man agreed and climbed down from the ledge with the assistance of Ali. “Everyday I’m going to visit him in the hospital. I told him I’d stay close to him,” said Ali.