George Foreman, Boxing Champion Turned Businessman, Dies at 76

George Foreman in 2023.Photographer: Paras Griffin/Getty Images 
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George Foreman, the two-time heavyweight boxing champion who lost to Muhammad Ali in the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” and later became a successful entrepreneur, has died. He was 76.

Foreman died on March 21 surrounded by loved ones, according to a post on his Instagram account, calling him “a devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather.”