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DFU NOTE: the comment below by Chick Hearn should spark outrage by the LGBT or LBGT or LTGB or in whatever order the initials are placed. Magic did not get the HIV virus "the wrong way." That is outrageous. We all know that "the wrong way" is now celebrated on television, in movies, in parades and "pride" festivals, and even discussed as being wonderful in our kindergartens. So it is time to do what is right. If black outrage can cause Donald Sterling to lose his team, Chick Hearn's comment should cause the gay community to demand that his statue...

CHICK HEARN IS DEAD. GOD BLESS THE BEST BASKETBALL ANNOUNCER THAT EVER LIVED.

Condition of Lakers announcer Chick Hearn worsens August 5, 2002 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Veteran Lakers announcer Chick Hearn was near death Monday, in a coma on life support, his doctor said. The 85-year-old Hearn's condition deteriorated overnight, Dr. Asher Taban said at a news conference outside Northridge Hospital Medical Center. ``I am afraid to say this is not very good news. I would say he is beyond critical,'' Taban said. ``You could call it grave.'' Hearn was hospitalized Friday after falling at home and hitting the back of his head, causing hemorrhaging in his brain. After two operations,...

Chick Hearn has probably called his last game, doctor says By ANDREW BRIDGESAssociated Press Writer August 3, 2002 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Longtime Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn has probably called his last game, his neurologist said Saturday after performing surgery for brain hemorrhaging. ``If he has a full recovery in terms of his motor functions he will very likely have speech difficulty, so I will foresee that he will have a difficulty to be announcing,'' the neurologist, Dr. Asher Taban, told reporters outside Northridge Hospital Medical Center. Asked if the 85-year-old Hearn had called his last game, Dr. Taban...