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REST IN PEACE
Three-time Pac-8 Champion, two-time NCAA Champion, two-time NBA Champion, Naismith winner, MVP, Deadhead, Hall of Famer, beloved commentator, and so much more, Bill Walton has passed on from this mortal realm at the age of 71.
Basketball celebrates its favorite hero, our tie-dye clad, possibly high, Champion of Champions. He didn’t always know what was happening on the basketball court, who was playing, or even who he was commenting with, but he was a mountain of a man whose charisma made him larger than life.
Bill will not have to live in a world without the Pac-12, a silver lining to this mournful day. His UCLA Bruins will always be in the Tournament of Champions, his forays into Boulder on the Pac-12’s dime, and the sacred Sequoias just a day-trip away.
He graced this beautiful earth for 71 years and blessed us with his humor, humility and kindness. There will never be another Bill Walton, but he will stay with us in our hearts, minds and deep-cut basketball references.
Rest in peace, Bill, you will be missed.
by Sam Metivier
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