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Cassius Marcellus Clay (November 11, 1912 – February 8, 1990) was the father of American three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rudolph Valentino Clay, who is now named Rahman Ali, and also was the grandfather of Muhammad's daughter Laila Ali. He married Odessa Grady Clay in the 1930s and worked as a painter and a musician. He was described as "a handsome, mercurial, noisy, combative failed dreamer" and a "hard-drinking, skirt-chasing dandy of a daddy". His son, Muhammad Ali, described him as "the fanciest dancer in Louisville." ==Biography== Clay was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the son of Herman H. Clay (March, 1876 – February 1, 1954) and Edith E. Greathouse (December, 1890 – December 30, 1971). He had a sister and four brothers, including Nathaniel Clay. Clay's paternal grandparents were John Clay and Sallie Anne Clay. His sister Eva said that Sallie was a native of Madagascar.〔Egerton (1991), p. 134〕 Clay painted billboards and signs. He also played the piano, took piano lessons and wrote music. He was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and Republican politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.〔 Around 1933 he married Odessa Grady. He was a heavy drinker, which led to legal entanglements for reckless driving, disorderly conduct, and assault and battery. When asked in 1970 why he had not joined the Muslims as his son had, he said: "my religion is my talent, that which supports me." Clay died on February 8, 1990 after suffering a heart attack while leaving a department store in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was 77 years old.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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