Muhammad Ali's Memorial Service Friday

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Muhammad Ali's memorial service Friday in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, will be open to all faiths, as the three-time heavyweight champion wished.

According to Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell, ministers from multiple faiths will be at the service, which will be led by an imam in the Muslim tradition.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Abdullah II of Jordan will be among the foreign dignitaries attending. The Dalai Lama was invited to the memorial but cannot attend, Gunnell said.

Ticket information for the memorial service at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville will be announced Monday afternoon. Eulogies from Ali's wife Lonnie, Billy Crystal and President Bill Clinton are planned for the 2 p.m. ET service, which will be preceded by a public procession.

On Thursday, a 30-minute Islamic funeral prayer will be held at Freedom Hall starting at noon ET. About 18,000 people will be able to attend that event. Ticketing for the prayer service will also be released Monday afternoon.

Gunnell said Monday that the family has been working on the details of these public memorials for the past 10 years or so.

Ali died June 3 from septic shock due to unspecified natural causes. Ali spent the final hour of his life surrounded by his family after initially being hospitalized in the Phoenix area on May 30.