BOB LANIER

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The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

Basketball big man Bob Lanier has died after a short illness.

Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. The NBA said Lanier died after a short illness. The Athletic reported in 2019 that Lanier was being treated for bladder cancer.

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