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Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are players in the NBA, college, and other leagues. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be included.
Kobe Bean Bryant ( / ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won five NBA ...
Peter Press Maravich ( / ˈmɛərəˌvɪtʃ / MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. He starred in college at Louisiana State University 's Tigers basketball team; his father, Press Maravich, was the team's head coach. Maravich is the all-time leading ...
Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died ...
Reggie Lewis. Reginald C. Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993. [ 1] At the age of 27, Lewis died while still a member of the Celtics, and his number was posthumously retired by the team.
John Brisker (June 15, 1947 – declared dead May 29, 1985) was an American professional basketball player who disappeared on April 11, 1978, after allegedly visiting Uganda. He played college basketball for the Toledo Rockets until he left the team during his senior season in 1968. Brisker began his professional career with the Pittsburgh ...
George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (/ ˈ m aɪ k ə n /; June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Kobe Bryant, former Los Angeles Lakers player, among 9 fatalities of helicopter crash in Calabasas. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, at approximately 9:06 a.m. PST (17:06 UTC), [3] 9 passengers and crew departed from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, in a 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, registration N72EX.