Meadowlark Lemon, Harlem Globetrotters Star, Dead at 83

[mvcg66b3r]

Meadowlark Lemon, the charismatic star of the Harlem Globetrotters for more than two decades, died Sunday at age 83.

Dubbed “the Clown Prince of Basketball” for his on-court prowess and humor, Lemon joined the team in 1954 shortly after a stint in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and became one of its most dynamic players.

He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, of undisclosed causes.

http://www.thewrap.com/meadowlark-lemon-harlem-globetrotters-star-dead-at-83/

 

[landtuna]

One of my favorite boyhood memories was when my dad took me to see the Globetrotters at the UofA gym in the mid-50's. We happened to be sitting right where Lemon threw the paper confetti into the audience. He was indeed one of a kind.

 

[KeithE4]

I saw him twice with the Globetrotters -- once in my hometown of Bloomington IN, at the old IU Fieldhouse in 1968, and again when I took my little brother to see them in the Madhouse on McDowell, aka Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in 1974.

RIP, Meadowlark.

 

[Silkie]

I saw him only once as a kid, with the Harlem Globetrotters, of course; but there is also a way forgotten 45...

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...EE1D1494EC625B47A4EAEE1D1494EC625B&FORM=VIRE9

 

[vchimpanzee]

I knew him mostly from the Saturday morning cartoon.