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Layne Murdoch, longtime Thunder and NBA photographer, dies

Layne Murdoch Sr., who photographed the Thunder from its first days in Oklahoma City as well as the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Pelicans for the NBA, died on Saturday.

Murdoch announced July 9 on his Instagram page that he discovered he had cancer following the loss of his mother to cancer the previous week.

On Sunday morning, the Thunder honored Murdoch with a Facebook post and a gallery of some of his most memorable images.

“We’ve lost a friend and special member of the Thunder family,” the post reads. “Layne was among the best in the business and a fixture on the Thunder baseline for the first ten seasons.