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Aug 24, 2007 8:55am ET
Former Lakers Coach Butch van Breda Kolff Dies
In the NEW YORK TIMES, Fran Litsky writes “Butch van Breda Kolff, a happy-go-lucky nonconformist who from 1951 through 1994 coached more than 1,300 college, professional and high school basketball games, died Wednesday in Spokane, Wash. He was 84 and had lived in Spokane for the last year. He died of multiple illnesses, including Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia. He coached Bill Bradley as a collegian and Wilt Chamberlain as a professional.”

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