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Related: About this forumFormer Sixers, Nets star Darryl Dawkins dies at age 58
http://www.si.com/nba/2015/08/27/darryl-dawkins-dead-dies-stats-career-sixers-netsFormer NBA star Darryl Dawkins has died at age 58.
The Lehigh County coroner's office confirmed the news to WFMZ-TV (Lehigh Valley, Pa.). Dawkins's family released a statement through the NBA, announcing that he died of a heart attack.
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved husband and father, Darryl Dawkins, who succumbed today to a heart attack, the statement reads. Darryl touched the hearts and spirits of so many with his big smile and personality, ferocious dunks, but more than anything, his huge, loving heart. His family, wife Janice, children Dara, Tabitha, Nicholas and Alexis, along with countless family, friends, and fans, all mourn his loss. More than anything Darryl accomplished in his basketball career as the inimitable Chocolate Thunder, he was most proud of his role and responsibility as a husband and father. We ask that the public please respect our privacy as we grieve his loss.
A 6'11" center, Dawkins earned the nickname Chocolate Thunder during his playing days for his high-flying, powerful dunks. He famously broke two backboards in 1979, one with with a slam he dubbed the "The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam, Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam."
RIP.
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Former Sixers, Nets star Darryl Dawkins dies at age 58 (Original Post)
madinmaryland
Aug 2015
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(53,475 posts)1. He's not really dead. He just returned to the planet Lovetron.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)3. At one point, Dawkins claimed to be an alien from the planet Lovetron,
where he spent the off-season practicing "interplanetary funkmanship" and where his girlfriend Juicy Lucy lived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins