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Jay Bilas remembers Bill Walton the basketball player, the man and friend

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Heartbroken.

That was the overwhelming feeling that washed over me when I received the call that Bill Walton had died at the age of 71. The man who was always bigger than life had passed from this one, and he left a legacy of basketball greatness and of a wonderful human being. Bill Walton was a one-of-a-kind person who left everyone he came in contact with feeling special and among his inner circle. He was a generous, giving soul who always put others before himself.

As a kid growing up in Southern California, my idol was Bill Walton.