Reggie Lewis

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Reggie Lewis was an All-Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics whose promising NBA career was tragically cut short by his sudden death at age 27.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
professional basketball player
shooting guard
burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
causeOfDeath heart condition
sudden cardiac death
collegeAccolade multiple-time North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year
collegeAttended Northeastern University
collegeTeam Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
conferenceInCollege North Atlantic Conference
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1965-11-21
dateOfDeath 1993-07-27
draftedBy Boston Celtics
draftLeague National Basketball Association
surface form: "NBA"
draftPickNumber 22
draftRound 1
draftYear 1987
familyName Lewis
fullName Reginald C. Lewis
givenName Reginald
heightInFeetInches 6 ft 7 in
heightInMeters 2.01
highSchoolAttended Dunbar High School (Baltimore)
honor Boston Celtics retired his jersey number 35
jerseyNumber 35
league National Basketball Association
memberOfSportsTeam Boston Celtics
NBAAllStarSelection 1992
NBAdebutSeason 1987–88 NBA season
NBAdebutTeam Boston Celtics
notableFor being an NBA All-Star with the Boston Celtics
having his career and life cut short by sudden death at age 27
placeOfBirth Baltimore
surface form: "Baltimore, Maryland, United States"
placeOfDeath Waltham, Massachusetts
surface form: "Waltham, Massachusetts, United States"
playedCareerEnd 1993
playedCareerStart 1987
playedFor Boston Celtics
playedHighSchoolFor Dunbar Poets
positionPlayed shooting guard
retiredJerseyBy Northeastern University
retiredJerseyNumberAtNortheastern 35
spouse Donna Harris-Lewis
teammateInHighSchool David Wingate
Muggsy Bogues
Reggie Williams
weightInKilograms 88
weightInPounds 195

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