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98valk
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« on: December 28, 2015, 09:53:09 AM »
http://news.yahoo.com/ex-globetrotters-star-meadowlark-lemon-dies-143723878--spt.html

He was the best.  cooldude
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2015, 10:44:21 AM »
Yes he was!

Many good memories of watching the Globetrotters on Saturday evenings on ABC's Wide World of Sports.  I think they even got Howard Cosell to do commentary during the "games".
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G-Man
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2015, 10:48:32 AM »
Famous hook shot from half court at the sideline.
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specialdose
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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2015, 10:50:38 AM »
  
    Went to see them with my dad in 63, I was 16 and played basketball. They were great. He was a awesome
 player and very funny and entertaining. A good childhood memory. I am sure he will be greatly missed.
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2015, 12:20:42 PM »
Whew!  When I read the thread title I thought Dennis Rodman had died young.   Shocked

I'm sorry to hear Meadowlark Lemon has completed his trip.  He did bring a smile to many, many lives.   cooldude
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98valk
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2015, 01:01:41 PM »
Quote from: Willow on December 28, 2015, 12:20:42 PM
Whew!  When I read the thread title I thought Dennis Rodman had died young.   Shocked


Too funny,  Grin
 but there are other words to describe him better, like Lost Soul.  Cry Cry
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2015, 02:39:32 PM »
I saw the globetrotters in person twice.   cooldude

(I'm so happy my folks didn't name me Meadowlark.)
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2015, 02:52:46 PM »
I was able to see a game and meet him as a boy in Tucson. He was very tall to a kid in grade school. The showmanship and skill was impressive.
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2015, 04:23:19 PM »
R.I.P. Meadowlark!  Didn't get to see him, but got to see Curly Neal and the Globetrotters when I was knee high to them.  They were all true entertainers.
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2015, 08:21:44 PM »
The "Trotters" were true ambassadors of the game around the globe.  Even during the cold war they were allowed behind the Iron Curtain to entertain and spread an example of THE original American game.
Now, it's played everywhere around the world.                                                                                  An afternoon of good clean fun at a Globetrotter's game when clean was an operative word for families.

Poor Red Klotz of the Washington Generals, Meadowlark's foil for many years, but what a show! Grin
Godspeed, Meadowlark. angel
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