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Feb 28, 2024
Ole Anderson (1942–2024), pro wrestler with Four Horsemen
Ole Anderson was a pro wrestler who joined with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard to form the Four Horseman wrestling team.
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Jan 22, 2024
Marlena Shaw (1942–2024), California Soul singer
Marlena Shaw was a singer whose best-known songs included “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto.”
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Jan 3, 2020
David Stern (1942–2020), longtime NBA commissioner
David Stern was the commissioner of the NBA for 30 years, from 1984 to 2014. During that time, he helped transform the league, bringing it out of a slump into a period of greatness. Under Stern’s leadership, NBA stars achieved international stardom as he sent recordings of games to China for broadcast there and championed superstar players like Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Charles Barkley. It was Stern who lobbied for professional basketball to be allowed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, creating the unstoppable Dream Team. And during his tenure, the average NBA player salary rose steeply to today’s multimillion-dollar levels. Stern famously supported Magic Johnson after the star player was diagnosed with HIV in 1991, and his highly public support helped change the debate about the then-misunderstood disease.
