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.