Sonji Roi
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About
Singer best known as the first wife of boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali proposed to her the night they met. They married in Gary, Indiana on August 14, 1964. Their marriage lasted a little over a year and they divorced in January 1966.
Before Fame
She worked as a model and a cocktail waitress.
Trivia
She said she divorced the boxing legend because his conversion to Islam strained their relationship. She released singles titled "Here I am and Here I Stay" and "I Can't Wait (Until I See My Baby's Face)." She appeared in a movie about Ali, as well as a few different TV series'.
Family Life
Her second husband was a lawyer named Reynaldo Glover. They had a son named Bryan Reynaldo Jr. She and her second husband separated. She had another son named Herman Griffin.
Associated With
Her famous ex-husband also married Khalilah Ali, Veronica Porché Ali and Lonnie Ali.
