Foreman stop the ring for good in 1997, though he sometimes mentioned a comeback. He settled right into a life as a boxing analyst for HBO and as a pitchman for the grills that grew his fame and fortune. A lot of the world quickly knew Foreman as each a lovable good friend and a ferocious fighter.
“He started performing as this pitchman, this product pitchman with the big, ever-present giant grin on his face,” Lampley recalled. “When I was working with him, people would say, ‘George is a big clown.’ And I would say, ‘Well, you can call him a clown, but he’s actually a genius. He may be the greatest genius I’ve ever met.’ And people would say, ‘Well, genius, what do you mean?’ I’d say, ‘Well, check the bank account. If that isn’t proof enough, I don’t know what is.’ So, he was a genius. He was a human genius.”
Foreman briefly starred in a sitcom known as “George” within the Nineteen Nineties, and he even appeared on the fact singing competitors “The Masked Singer” in 2022. A biographical film primarily based on his life was launched in 2023.
Foreman had 12 youngsters, together with 5 sons who’re all famously named George Edward Foreman.
“Legendary boxing champion, life-changing preacher, husband, father, grand- and great-grandfather and the best friend you could have,” WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman wrote on social media. “His memory is now eternal, may Big George rest in peace.”
