David Stern (January 1, Age 77)
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern died Wednesday due to a brain hemorrhage he sustained on December 12. Stern was driven from a restaurant in New York City to Mount Sinai West medical center to undergo emergency surgery after having a brain hemorrhage., according to ESPN.
He replaced Larry O’Brien as the league’s fourth commissioner in 1984 after working as the NBA’s General Counsel and then executive vice president of the NBA. As VP Stern established league drug testing and the salary cap.
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