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Images: The Public Memorial for Muhammad Ali

See images from the funeral procession and public memorial Friday for Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Ky. Comedian Billy Crystal and sports personality Bryant Gumbel were among those eulogizing "The Greatest"

A girl rushes to touch the hearse carrying the body of boxing legend, Muhammad Ali as the funeral procession winds through his hometown of Louisville, Ky. DAVID HARRISON/The Courier-Journal
The hearse carrying the body of Muhammad Ali passes in front of his boyhood home during his funeral procession Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali's home is the second house from the left. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pallbearers Mike Tyson, left, Lennox Lewis, second from left, Will Smith, right, and Mike Moorer, second from right, stand during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Pallbear at center is unidentified. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Natasha Mundkur speaks during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Natasha Mundkur speaks during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actor Will Smith arrives for Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former President Bill Clinton delivers a eulogy during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comedian Billy Crystal delivers a eulogy during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muhammad Ali's wife Lonnie Ali speaks during his memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Spectators cheer after Rabbi Michael Lerner's speech during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former President Bill Clinton delivers a eulogy during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel delivers a eulogy during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crowds line the route of the procession led by the hearse carrying the body of Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Ky., on Friday, June 10, 2016. Ali died last Friday at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal
Nick Smith, of Louisville, poses for a photograph holding a drawing of Muhammad Ali as spectators wait for the arrival of Ali's funeral procession to enter Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali died last Friday at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lena Worthington, 2, of Louisville, wears boxing gloves as spectators wait for the arrival of Muhammad Ali's funeral procession to enter Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali died last Friday at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Spectators wait for the arrival of Muhammad Ali's funeral procession to enter Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali died last Friday at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pallbearers place Muhammad Ali's casket in the hearse as it prepares to begin a procession through the fighter's hometown of Louisville, Ky., on Friday, June 10, 2016. Ali died last Friday at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal
The hearse carrying the body of Muhammad Ali passes in front of his boyhood home, top center, during his funeral procession Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hana Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, is throw flowers as she rides in her father's funeral procession while it enters Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dr. Kevin Cosby, Senior Pastor at St. Stephen Church, speaks during Muhammad Ali's memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comedian Billy Crystal imitates Muhammad Ali during his memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gerald Wayne Jacobs, of Louisville, is consoled by strangers as he cries at the gates of Cave Hill cemetery in Louisville, Ky., on Friday, June 10, 2016. Jacobs and hundreds of others watched as Muhammad Ali's funeral procession went by to lay the boxing champ to rest. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muhammad Ali's funeral procession passes as onlookers line the street Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flowers pile up on the hearse carrying Muhammad Ali spectators watch his funeral procession enter Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Children and spectators collect flowers from the road that Muhammad Ali's funeral procession passed along to enter Cave Hill Cemetery, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
People watch as the funeral procession for Muhammad Ali passes in front of his boyhood home Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muhammad Ali's daughter Maryum waves to the crowd lining the street as the funeral procession for her father passes in front of his boyhood home Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muhammad Ali's wife Lonnie Ali speaks memorial service, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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