The year 2016, as many have noted, has been a harsh one for celebrity deaths.
So it’s only fitting that many were sharing photos of Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday, meeting with singer Prince, who died in April.
The two met in 1997, with Prince spoofing Ali’s “magic tricks” at the White House.
After the meeting, Prince---who was going by the moniker “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”---revealed that he was in awe of Ali.
“My friend Londell McMillan called me a couple of days ago and asked me. He said, ‘Muhammad wants you to’—and I said ‘Yes,’” Prince said at the time, MailOnline reported.
“I didn’t even let him finish. He could have said, ‘Mow the lawn,’ and I would have been down with it.”
He added: “Muhammad’s my hero. He has been since I was a child. As you can see, he’s such an inspiration to many people.”
When the two met, David Clark, the man who introduced the two, “He saw Muhammad at the same time Muhammad saw him, and Muhammad said ‘Prince!’” he told the BBC.
