RIP Cecil Exum

[Ozheelfan]

Passed away the week his son made it back into the NBA… too young.

The Passing of Cecil Exum Mourned by Melbourne’s Basketball Community

The basketball community in Melbourne’s north-west is in mourning following the death yesterday of longtime player and coach Cecil Exum aged 60. Exum died in a Los Angeles hospital where he’d been in intensive care with lung complications. His death came just days after his son, Dante Exum...

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[WhatTheHeel?]

I remember him well--from my favorite era of UNC (and ACC) basketball. Didn't he have the nickname "Cecil the Diesel" or was that just what I called him as a kid?

 

[39 Feet Above Sea Level]

Peace and love to his family, friends, and the Carolina community.

 

[vbrs]

I am so sorry to hear this.

 

[vbrs]

That is terrible. I was in school at about the same time as he was. Sad news.

 

[TPFKAPFS]

RIP Family!

My family will include the Exums in our prayers! We pray that the grace of God pours down and allows the family to heal using their collective good memories!