Cancer beat the not-quite-7-foot basketball legend and Hall of Famer, who won two championships each in college and the NBA... post-playing, he overcame a stutter to become an admired, tho sometimes controversial, color analyst for over 20 years, slowed down only by an old back injury from college... his acting career started with a cameo in
Ghostbusters (1984), and his 70+ credited "self" appearances include J!, Wheel, DWTS (in the audience), Kimmel, and this one from Letterman (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfQlIoekUo4). 71.
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