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Comments below TMZ article are great. I think he was a real dick.

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5 hours ago, The Unknown Man said:

Former NBA player Rasual Butler, who played for the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers, has been killed a car crash aged 38, alongside his wife, Leah LaBelle, American Idol Season 3 finalist, aged 31. 

He also a former teammate of DDP Pick Lamar Odom and one of his best friends.

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Dallas Mavericks co-founder and first-majority owner, Don Carter, passed away at his home in Uptown Dallas Wednesday evening. He was 84-years-old.
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OK was going to put in Law & Order cuz agents are attorney, not players/coaches.  But here 'tis.
NBA agent Dan Fegan, who had formerly represented major clients including DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall, and Dwight Howard, died in a car crash on Sunday morning, according to The Aspen Times. Fegan was 56.  Fegan had lost several high profile clients after being terminated from Independent Sports & Entertainment last March “for cause.”  However, despite his depleted client base, Fegan was still one of the most recognizable names among sports agents.
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Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue "stepping back" from duties to deal with an unspecified health issue, rumoured to be heart-related. 

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Only one way that an NBA G-League player will ever get mentioned in this thread, and that's to drop over dead on the court during a game.  Or pert near.  Never regained consciousness, close enuff.

Obliging us here at DL is NBA G League player Zeke Upshaw of the Grand Rapids Drive who died just days after collapsing on the court during a game against the Long Island Nets.  Upshaw fell to the ground with about 50 seconds left in Saturday night's game. He was taken off the court on a stretcher.  Upshaw was 26 years old. He played three seasons at Illinois State and wrapped up his college eligibility with one season at Hofstra.
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Former Phoenix Suns forward Alton Ford passed away Monday following "a lengthy battle with cancer," the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday.  He was 36.

A Houston native, Ford played college basketball for the University of Houston before being selected by the Suns with the 50th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft.

Ford averaged 2.5 points and 1.7 rebounds in two seasons (64 games) with the Suns. He finished his NBA career with the Houston Rockets in the 2003-04 season.

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Former Kentucky basketball player Bret Bearup died Thursday. He was 56.

A 6-foot-9 McDonald's All-American high school star from Greenlawn, New York, Bearup averaged 3.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in four seasons as a Wildcat from 1980 to '85.
He later graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law and created a successful money management business with many professional athletes and entertainers as clients.  He recently worked as a consultant for Stan Kroenke, owner of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets.
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Former Sacramento Kings player Tyler Honeycutt, who played for UCLA in college and later plied his trade in Europe, has died in a police shootout.  He was 28.

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/tyler-honeycutt-shootout-standoff-police-dead-ucla-basketball-sacramento-kings/1utczkdtu211h1mouuwb610i0a

 

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4 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Former Sacramento Kings player Tyler Honeycutt, who played for UCLA in college and later plied his trade in Europe, has died in a police shootout around.  He was 28.

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/tyler-honeycutt-shootout-standoff-police-dead-ucla-basketball-sacramento-kings/1utczkdtu211h1mouuwb610i0a

 

FTFY

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4 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

FTFY

Yes, I see more info has now come to light regarding the incident.

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17 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Lonnie Shelton, a decade-long NBA player who suited up for Seattle as part of the 1979 championship squad, has died.  He was 62.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/lonnie-shelton-starter-for-sonics-1979-nba-title-winners-dies-at-age-62/

 

 

And Al Attles lives on....
Interesting he had a heart attack May 5 and none of us noticed.  Wonder how much press that event received...
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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

And Al Attles lives on....
Interesting he had a heart attack May 5 and none of us noticed.  Wonder how much press that event received...
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Couldn't find any reference to the heart attack when it occurred.  Could be there was none.

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3 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Rene Portland, who built up the women's basketball program at Penn State to being one of the best, has died.  She was 65.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2018/07/22/former-penn-st-womens-hoops-coach-rene-portland-dies-at-65/37051081/

 

 

If Cagney and Lacey had a love child:

 

Image result for rene portland

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