LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A big piece of Louisville history is up for sale: the house where boxing great Muhammad Ali spent his boyhood.
Owner Steve Stephenson said Monday he’s asking $50,000 for the small white house with a sagging front porch overhang. The house is situated along a tree-lined western Louisville neighborhood made up of mostly neat, modest homes.
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A sign in front of the house says it is for sale by owner.
The house is assessed at $23,260, according to the Jefferson County Property Value Administrator’s website.
In front of the one-story home is a state historical marker recognizing the residence as Ali’s boyhood home, when he was known as Cassius Clay. The marker says Ali lived in the mostly black neighborhood with his parents and brother and attended local public schools.
It was at the home where the future boxing champion’s “values were instilled,” the marker says.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said the city has an interest in preserving the home of a famous native son.
“Anything we can do to preserve and expand his legacy, we want to do that,” Fischer said Monday. “His home serves as an inspiration for people to look at that and say, ‘If this young guy, why not me?’ “
The three-time world heavyweight champion remains one of the most recognizable figures on the planet, even though his public appearances have become sporadic as he fights Parkinson’s disease.
Armstrong service set for Friday
CINCINNATI — A private service is planned in Cincinnati on Friday for astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, and President Obama has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff.
The Ohio native died Saturday in Cincinnati at age 82.
Obama on Monday issued a proclamation calling for U.S. flags to be lowered the day of Armstrong’s burial, including at the White House, military posts and ships, U.S. embassies and other public buildings “as a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong.”
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday ordered Ohio flags flown at half-staff through Friday.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, will eulogize him at the service.
‘GMA’ co-anchor starting medical leave
NEW YORK — Robin Roberts said Friday will be her last day co-anchoring “Good Morning America” for a while.
On Monday’s edition of the ABC News show, Roberts made official the start date for her “extended medical leave.”
Roberts told viewers in July that she has MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia.
She said she will be hospitalized next week to prepare for the bone marrow transplant that will take place about 10 days after that.
O’Donnell marries, raises funds
LOS ANGELES — Rosie O’Donnell has announced that she married her fiancee, Michelle Rounds, in a private ceremony in New York on June 9, just before Rounds had surgery to treat desmoid tumors on June 14.
The 50-year-old TV personality also said Monday on her blog that she is selling original paintings on eBay to raise money for the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation.
A spokeswoman for O’Donnell confirmed the nuptials and fundraising efforts.
Faris, Pratt announce baby Jack
LOS ANGELES — Anna Faris has given birth to a boy, her first child with actor husband Chris Pratt.
A spokeswoman for the couple said their son, Jack, “arrived earlier than expected and will be spending some time” in the neonatal intensive care unit. Publicist Dominique Appel said Monday that “the happy parents thank you for your warm wishes and ask that you honor their privacy during this time.”
She offered no other details.
The 35-year-old Faris and 33-year-old Pratt were married in 2009. She recently shared the screen with Sacha Baron Cohen in “The Dictator.” He is a star of TV’s “Parks and Recreation.”
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