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Originally posted by lostnfound117
What was that basketball player who died during a game's name? I was in the 5th grade I think, so this has to be around 1988. I thought it was Lyn Tobias or something like that, but I'm not sure.
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You're thinking of Hank Gathers, who played for Loyola-Marymount, and collapsed during a game (and later died) in 1990.
Len Bias, from the Univ. of Maryland, died of a cocaine overdose, shortly after having been drafted by the Boston Celtics in June 1986.