Bill Walton (above) is a retired basketball star,who had been with
the Portland Trail Blazers, and is now a broadcaster in the sport.
He was born in La Mesa CA. Walton led the Trail Blazers to an
NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals MVP (Most
Valuable Player Award) that season.
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Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
95 today.
Tony Bennett has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a
Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million
records worldwide.
In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. Due to the slow progression
of his illness, he has continued to record, tour, and perform.
(1944 – 2021)
PORTLAND, Ore (KATU. — The Portland Trail Blazers
are mourning the loss of one of their original players.
Stan McKenzie was selected by Portland in the 1970
expansion draft and spent two years with the franchise.
He’s the only player to appear in all 164 games for the
Blazers during the team’s first two seasons. He holds
a more-than-50-year record for the most free throws
attempted in one quarter.
He died July 21 after a brief illness, .
Paul Douglas Westphal (November 30, 1950 – January 2, 2021)
The Phoenix Suns announced today, Paul Westphal, a revered Hall
of Fame guard and former NBA champion, has died. He had been
reportedly diagnosed with brain cancer last summer.
Clifford Ralph Robinson (December 16, 1966 – August 29, 2020)
Clifford Robinson, a former NBA All-Star and the 1993 Sixth Man of the
Year Award winner, has died.
The cause of Robinson’s death wasn’t immediately known. He had
suffered a stroke in March 2017 and had a tumor removed from his
jaw in March 2018.
Robinson played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association
(NBA). Selected in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft, he played
the first eight seasons of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers,
followed by stints with the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden
State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets.
