OMG DJ died

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<p><a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/2030AP_BKN_Obit_Johnson.html[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/2030AP_BKN_Obit_Johnson.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Don’t really follow basketball anymore- the egos are as large as their shoes :wink:
however I was fortunate enough to have gotten to see many games of the 1976-79 Seattle Sonics & Dennis Johnson was a critical and much loved part of that team.
<a href=“http://www.nba.com/sonics/history/Dennis_Johnson__NBA_Champion-64236-51.html[/url]”>http://www.nba.com/sonics/history/Dennis_Johnson__NBA_Champion-64236-51.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I am shocked and saddened by his untimely death</p>

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<p>I was also shocked. Even more when they mentioned his age. :(</p>

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<p>What sad news.</p>

<p>Marrying into a family where abnormally tall and stretched-out people are common, and having a husband and two sons who are extremely tall, I am acutely aware of Marfan Syndrome. Several prominent athletes have died from complications of Marfan, which most didn’t even know they had. I wouldn’t be surprised if this unexpected and untimely (and seemingly unprovoked) death had some similar cause.</p>