NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71
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Bill walton??

RIP and all the best to his loved ones.

But…









…I am old as dirt.

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R.I.P.

Way too young!

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One of the greatest players ever. What could have been if he didn't have those injuries.
R.I.P.

I want to add that Walton was the best color commentator in basketball. Very cool, cerebral, with wonderful views in life. Sometimes with hilarious off-the-wall takes and analogies.



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A truly loving, kind and thoughtful man. A true UCLA Bruin who fought to keep the Pac 12 together. Lived with his triumphs, lived with his downfalls. He, along with Kareem were the last ties to John Wooden.



A big believer in John Wooden's principles.











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One of the greatest players ever. What could have been if he didn't have those injuries.
R.I.P.

I want to add that Walton was the best color commentator in basketball. Very cool, cerebral, with wonderful views in life. Sometimes with hilarious off-the-wall takes and analogies.

“Throw it down big man throw it down!”

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Kareem is such a kind man, but I have to quibble with, "...he did everything he could to make everyone around him happy."

One exception: He was always near the very front of Dead shows and it was a real drag being behind him. He was always easy to spot not just because he was taller than everyone else, but because there would be this hole behind where he was standing.

one of the really great humans - I can't believe he's gone so young...

and those knees... how great would he have been if he had good knees...

Great player and fun guy. But yikes...at 71. That's way too young (says someone who turned 70 today).

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He, along with Kareem were the last ties to John Wooden.

Color me shocked, viz - you are the very last forum member I would have expected to forget about Michael Warren.

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It is what it is.

Also, he was arguably the most famous Deadhead. Certainly the tallest. You never wanted to be standing behind him at a concert (he was always easy to locate in the crowd), but he was certainly an amazingly nice guy.

Gone too soon. F Cancer!

Check out his ESPN 30 for 30.
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Bill has said he feels sorry for anyone standing behind him at Dead shows. Yeah, he was a famous Deadhead along with Bill Graham, the promoter.

Walton was also a man of the earth. Here he is sorting/separating recyclables at a concert.
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Bill has said he feels sorry for anyone standing behind him at Dead shows. Yeah, he was a famous Deadhead along with Bill Graham, the promoter.

Walton was also a man of the earth. Here he is sorting/separating recyclables at a concert.
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I was at those shows in 2019. Did not see him sorting recyclables, but I did get a chance to say hi at one point.

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He, along with Kareem were the last ties to John Wooden.

Color me shocked, viz - you are the very last forum member I would have expected to forget about Michael Warren.

There are others too. Mike just wasn't a "big enough name" for me to mention. He played one of my favorite characters in one of my all-time favorite movies. "Preacher" in "Fast Break."

Sat next to him at a Garcia show on Market St., Cool cat and RIP

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“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it."

RIP

I remember him at Stanford Law School. He was a year behind me. At the time, there was an unwritten rule that going to class was optional--to a point. Some student went home after registering and came back to take finals. Others simply attended the classes that were interesting and skipped the ones that were not.

Bill tested the limits of the lax attendance policy by rebooting his NBA career during the middle of the academic year (he must have unexpectedly gotten healthy). Unfortunately, it was kind of obvious when a Stanford Law student was blocking shots for the Celtics on national TV a mere 2500 miles away from his torts classes. It wasn't long thereafter that the lax attendance policy was no more.

Bill was a consummate Left Coaster.

RIP

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I remember him at Stanford Law School. He was a year behind me. At the time, there was an unwritten rule that going to class was optional--to a point. Some student went home after registering and came back to take finals. Others simply attended the classes that were interesting and skipped the ones that were not.

Bill tested the limits of the lax attendance policy by rebooting his NBA career during the middle of the academic year (he must have unexpectedly gotten healthy). Unfortunately, it was kind of obvious when a Stanford Law student was blocking shots for the Celtics on national TV a mere 2500 miles away from his torts classes. It wasn't long thereafter that the lax attendance policy was no more.

Bill was a consummate Left Coaster.

RIP

I'm sure whoever taught him or sat in class with him cherish that memory just like you. He was just a happy dude. I'm so glad he found a second wind with the Celtics.

I listened to stories all afternoon on ESPN radio. Some were great but I don’t remember them.

Sad news… RIP Bill…

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Also, he was arguably the most famous Deadhead.

If not for that I'd have no idea who he was.

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Also, he was arguably the most famous Deadhead.

If not for that I'd have no idea who he was.

You'd have less important people clogging him out in your mind.

members of the grateful dead post their remembrances: [www.rollingstone.com]

The surviving members of the Grateful Dead paid tribute to Bill Walton, the NBA Hall of Famer and beloved Deadhead who died on Monday from cancer at 71.

The band’s offshoot Dead & Company posted a statement on social media, writing, “Bill was an irreplaceable force and spirit in our family. Father Time, Rhythm Devil, biggest deadhead ever. Over 1,000 shows and couldn’t get enough. He loved this band and we loved him.”



walton on the left dressed as father time for a nye show

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He, along with Kareem were the last ties to John Wooden.

Color me shocked, viz - you are the very last forum member I would have expected to forget about Michael Warren.

There are others too. Mike just wasn't a "big enough name" for me to mention. He played one of my favorite characters in one of my all-time favorite movies. "Preacher" in "Fast Break."

I figured there had to be, but Warren was the only one I already knew by name.

Oh, BTW: A long-term association with Coach Wooden is enough to make anybody's name big in my book. The man was a true treasure.

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He, along with Kareem were the last ties to John Wooden.

Color me shocked, viz - you are the very last forum member I would have expected to forget about Michael Warren.

There are others too. Mike just wasn't a "big enough name" for me to mention. He played one of my favorite characters in one of my all-time favorite movies. "Preacher" in "Fast Break."

I figured there had to be, but Warren was the only one I already knew by name.

Oh, BTW: A long-term association with Coach Wooden is enough to make anybody's name big in my book. The man was a true treasure.

I like this story about Mike. He talks about how Coach Wooden impacted his life and acting career. [www.the-sun.com]