American basketball player (1954–2013).
Born October 14th, 1954 in Mount Vernon.
Died March 22nd, 2013 at 58 years old in New York City (colorectal cancer).
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson