BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA HONORS DENZEL WASHINGTON

Muhammad Ali (left) and Denzel Washington pose for pictures at the Boys & Girls Club America Annual President's Dinner Honoring Denzel Washington at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on June 9, 2004. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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