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It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
Wilt Chamberlain
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Wilt Chamberlain
Age: 63 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 21
Died: 1999
Died: October 12
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