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We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.

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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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La Mesa
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William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
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