Author Topic: Wayman Tisdale, 44  (Read 2207 times)

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Wayman Tisdale, 44
« on: May 15, 2009, 10:17:47 AM »
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Re: Wayman Tisdale, 44
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2009, 10:25:02 AM »
Damn, that's a big shock. I'm not even close to a basketball fan, but he played for the Kings when I lived in Sacramento and was a big ambassador for the team, on and off the court. Lots of community involvement, and never anything close to a scandal or an ungracious comment to the press. And he was supposedly a pretty good bassist, too. 44 is far too young to go. RIP.
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Re: Wayman Tisdale, 44
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 10:54:10 AM »
Very sad.  I heard him interviewed a few months back by Dave Koz on KKSF, and he talked abot the cancer & losing his leg.  Very upbeat guy. I heard a lot of his music on KKSF over the years. 

He was 2 yrs younger than me (yikes!)
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Re: Wayman Tisdale, 44
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 03:51:04 PM »
I had about two degrees of separation, as he played a bass made by a friend of mine, and was a friend of another bassist I knew.  I knew nothing about his basketball career.
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Re: Wayman Tisdale, 44
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2009, 10:20:35 AM »
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