Basketball, McNamara dead: former Nba and Livorno – La Gazzetta dello Sport



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A fatal heart attack on Moses Malone’s former reserve in the 76ers’ champions in 1983. Center 2.11, in 1986 he won the A2 in Tuscany, then also passed for Real and doubled for George Lucas.

The world of basketball mourns the passing of Mark McNamara, a former center for the Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA champions, at the age of 60: he had suffered from a heart condition for a long time and a heart attack was fatal. Tall 2.11, a former University of California star, a center of excellent hands, was chosen in 1982 by the 76ers on the first lap and immediately won the champion ring by reserving for star Moses Malone. In Nba he never became a star, then he played in San Antonio, Kansas City, Los Angeles (Lakers) and Orlando, in a career that has also seen him in Europe: in 1985-86 he played in Cortan Livorno where with Alberto Bucci in the bench reached the promotion from A2 to A1, then played in Spain with Murcia and Real Madrid. He retired in 1993, now living in Alaska, where he studied at a high school.

Another race

However, in addition to basketball, McNamara also had a career in short films: In the summer, when he moved from college to the NBA, he was hired on the set of “The Return of the Jedi” as a Peter Mayhew double for the Chewbecca’s role. It happened by chance: Her cousin was one of Carrie Fisher’s assistants (the actress who played Princess Leila), and as soon as she knew they were looking for a very tall woman for that job, she called herself Mark.

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