Schedule, notable attendees for Muhammad Ali memorial

A schedule of events and notable attendees expected for Muhammad Ali’s memorial on Friday in Louisville, Kentucky:

— 7:30 a.m. — Shuttles begin for attendees from the Kentucky Exposition Center to the KFC Yum! Center, where the public memorial will be held.

— 9 a.m. — The procession begins from A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, north to the Watterson Expressway. It will move past the Muhammad Ali Center, make its way onto Muhammad Ali Boulevard and then go west to the neighbourhood where Ali grew up. People are expected to line the route on surface streets as the procession makes its way through downtown.

— 11 a.m. or noon (estimated) — The procession makes its way to Cave Hill Cemetery for a private burial.

— 12 p.m. — Doors open at KFC Yum! Center for public funeral.

— 2 p.m. — Memorial begins. Eulogies expected by former President Bill Clinton, comedian/actor Billy Crystal, television journalist Bryant Gumbel and others.

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Notable attendees:

Former President Bill Clinton

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama

King Abdullah II of Jordan (left Thursday)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Comedian/actor Billy Crystal

Actor Will Smith

Television journalist Bryant Gumbel

Martin Luther King III

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Boxing promoter Don King

Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard

Former boxing champion Lennox Lewis

Former boxing champion Evander Holyfield

Former boxing champion George Foreman

Former boxing champion Larry Holmes

Former boxing champion Bernard Hopkins

Former NFL player Jim Brown

Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin

Former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.

Imam Zaid Shakir, Muslim scholar

Sherman Jackson, Muslim scholar

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam

Boxing promoter and CEO of Top Rank Boxing Bob Arum

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer

Former Louisville Mayor Harvey Sloane