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Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton, an all-time great champion in high school, college and the NBA, died Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced. He was 71 years old.

REQUIRED READING: Bill Walton college: Stats, highlights, records from UCLA center's Hall of Fame career “My very close friend, fellow Bruin and NBA rival Bill Walton died today. And the world ...

Basketball legend Bill Walton, one of the sport's most colorful personalities, has died. The NBA announced today that the 71-year-old had a prolonged fight with cancer.

But mostly we all wanted to be Bill Walton. This might seem foreign in today’s one-and-done world of college basketball, but I remember Bill Walton — The Big Redhead — as a college ...

Lew Alcindor (Kareem) and Bill Walton were both No. 1 NBA draft picks who won multiple championships and lived up to all the ...

One of my all-time favorite sports personalities passed away today, Bill Walton, at 71, who sadly I was unable to check off on as meeting. Didn’t matter, really.

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On Monday, NBA great Bill Walton passed away after a long fight with cancer. It happened day before the 50-year anniversary of him being the No. 1 pick in the 1974 draft out of UCLA.

Thanks so much for rocking with the Morning Win today. I don't feel like I have anything particularly profound or poignant to say about Bill Walton that you haven't heard or read since his death ...

UCLA's Bill Walton (32) fights Notre Dame's Adrian Dantley (44) for a rebound during an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 19, 1974.

Bill Walton was a giant of a figure, but his depth, not his height, was his greatest asset. This was readily apparent when it came to loving his sons.