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RIP Chocolate Thunder: Former NBA star Darryl Dawkins dead at 58
Washington Post ^
| 08/28/2015
| Matt Bonesteel
Posted on 08/27/2015 1:54:29 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Darryl Dawkins, whose rim-shattering dunks and whimsical ways helped buoy the NBA through a period of malaise in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has passed away at 58, according to WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pa.
The station did not report a cause of death. The Associated Press confirmed that Dawkins died Thursday morning at an unnamed hospital in Lehigh County, Pa., with an autopsy scheduled for Friday.
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To: Kid Shelleen
My high school years crossed his at the same school. It’s sad to see his end come this soon.
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:57:59 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Oh, for crying out loud. Only 58 years old.
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:58:54 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Bummer. The Sixers of that era were my life. Sir Charles was like a big o'l fat cherry on top.
Philly roots.
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:59:52 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Kid Shelleen
RIP. I remember quite a few shattered backboards to his credit.
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:00:38 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:03:20 PM PDT
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: eyedigress
But, but, the Compost said the rims were shattered, not the backboards...
To: blackdog
Moses Malone! I guess you remember the Sixers game announcer "The Zinc." Two.....Another...
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:04:27 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Studies show that some people say experts agree!)
To: blackdog
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:04:46 PM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
To: Kid Shelleen
Did DD suffer a tremendous loss - his wife committed suicide? Is that correct?
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:07:57 PM PDT
by
lesko
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:10:35 PM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:12:42 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: Kid Shelleen
Large athletes, if they don’t control their weight, typically have short life spans. I may have it confused, but I think Dawkins suffered from diabetes.
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:27:41 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(SECEDE TEXAS!! If not now, when?)
To: Calvin Locke
Now THAT would be a feat.
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:29:10 PM PDT
by
discostu
(It always comes down to cortexiphan)
To: 4yearlurker
Back when Fitz Dixon owned the team I think?
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:41:09 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Kid Shelleen
He was one BAD ASS DUDE. So to see him go, so young.
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posted on
08/27/2015 4:19:02 PM PDT
by
BobL
(REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
To: Kid Shelleen
The Legend from the Planet Lovetron.
This seven second clip is not the actual
"Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam, Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam” dunk, but it is from the same time frame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5j0KDzb1LA
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posted on
08/28/2015 4:46:32 AM PDT
by
Amagi
(Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
08/28/2015 1:20:50 PM PDT
by
massmike
(US has tightened sanctions on Christian business owners and relaxed sanctions on Iran getting a nuke)
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