Sonja Clay-Glover was the first wife of boxing great Muhammad Ali, introduced to Ali by his manager while the champion was still named Cassius Clay and married him 41 days later. They later divorced in 1966 because of increasing devotion to the Nation of Islam on the part of Ali Sonji later recorded singles for Aries Record Productions. She was found dead of natural causes in her home in Chicago, Illinois on October 11, 2005.