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Gondrezick's older brother, Glen, was also a professional basketball player, and a shooting guard. He played six years in the NBA, [7] dying in 2009 at the age of 53 due to heart failure. On January 8, 2021, it was announced that Gondrezick had died suddenly the night before at the age of 57. [8]
For a normally healthy age group, the risk appears to be particularly magnified in competitive basketball, with sudden cardiac death rates as high as one per 3,000 annually for male basketball players in NCAA Division I. [19] This is still far below the rate for the general population, estimated as one per 1,300–1,600 and dominated by the ...
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.
May 22, 2024 at 2:32 AM. May 21—Brendon Merritt, a key contributor on the first Eastern Washington men's basketball team to advance to the NCAA Tournament (2004), died of a heart attack last ...
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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 ...
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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.