Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Fame center for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars of basketball broadcasting, has died.
The league announced that Walton died Monday after a prolonged fight with cancer.
He was 71.
Walton was the NBA's MVP in the 1977-78 season, a two-time champion and a member of both the NBA's 50th anniversary and 75th anniversary teams.
That followed a college career in which he was a two-time champion at UCLA and a three-time national player of the year.
Rip City icon & basketball legend.
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