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Eddie Jamaal Griffin (May 30, 1982 – August 17, 2007) was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.
Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are NBA players, WNBA players, college players, and players in other notable leagues who died before their retirement from basketball. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be ...
Basketball: 53 Motor neuron disease [4] France: Bernard Guignedoux: Association football: 73 Unknown [5] Colombia: Pablo Hernández: Cycling: 80 Unknown [6] United States: Floyd Little: American football: 78 Cancer [7] Norway: Harald Maartmann: Cross-country skiing: 94 Unknown [8] Netherlands: Paatje Phefferkorn: Martial arts: 98 COVID-19 [9]
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Griffin, who entered the NBA Draft after a standout freshman season at Duke University in 2021, says he “gave [his] life to Christ in 2020” and “truly accepted” religion during the COVID ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2021. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Southern Miss basketball coach Jay Ladner spoke on a radio show Friday about the heart attack he suffered in February and what he went through.
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 ...