Will Smith to Serve as Pallbearer at Muhammad Ali’s Memorial Service

                                               

Will Smith will play a key role at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service.

The actor has been announced as one of eight funeral pallbearers, alongside Ali’s family members, friends, former heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis, and Jerry Ellis, the brother of Ali’s former sparring partner and fellow former heavyweight champion of the world, Jimmy Ellis. The service is set for Friday, June 10, at KFC Yum! Center in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Billy Crystal and  former president Bill Clinton are among those expected to deliver eulogies at the service.

 Will Smith portrayed the legendary fighter in the 2001 biopic, Ali. The part earned Smith his first Academy Award nomination, though the trophy that year ultimately went to Denzel Washington for Training Day.