Monday, December 28, 2015

Ex-Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dies (Yahoo Sports)

Basketballl Hall of Fame CEO, John Doleva, left, presents a Hall of Fame jacket to inductee Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Meadowlark Lemon, the ''clown prince'' of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. Lemon's wife and daughter confirmed to the team that he died Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz., Globetrotters spokesman Brett Meister said Monday. Lemon ended up becoming arguably its most popular player, a showman known as much for his confetti-in-the-water-bucket routine and slapstick comedy as his half-court hook shots and no-look, behind-the-back passes.




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