Bill Walton, a UCLA basketball legend who became an NBA star and an outspoken advocate for the virtues of the Pac-12 conference as a broadcaster, has died at the age of 71 following a prolonged cancer battle.
The NBA announced Walton’s death on Monday, launching a series of tributes to the gregarious La Mesa, Calif., native who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame and College Basketball Hall of Fame.
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