On Wednesday, July 21, Jon and Mimi (two outstanding members of the Kaplan team) were working together in the archives.When Jon gallantly volunteered to help Mimi with some photos on a high shelf, he made a great discovery. Tucked away in a bubble-wrap envelope was the infamous napkin drawing signed by none other than Muhammad Ali.
As Hank told the story,
The Publisher Taschen held a book release party for their newest title “GOAT—A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.” The dinner was attended by Hank Kaplan, Angelo Dundee, and Muhammad Ali, as well as many other star-studded guests. Ali always known to be a prankster pulled the napkin right out of Hank's unsuspecting hands, cleared the table and proceeded to start drawing on the napkin, signed it and handed it to Kaplan. As if to say here, take this for your archives! And well, the rest is history...
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