OMG: Former NBA Player and Jazz Musician, Wayman Tisdale Dead at 44

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I just saw this. He played a few seasons with the Phoenix Suns and has since become a respected Jazz bass player. He was one of the most cheerful players I've seen play. I don't think I ever saw him get angry. RIP Wayman...

Former Oklahoma great Tisdale dies at 44

The famously upbeat Tisdale learned he had cancerous cyst below his right knee after breaking his leg in a fall at his home in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2007. He said then he was fortunate to have discovered the cancer early.

“Nothing can change me,” Tisdale told The Associated Press last June. “You go through things. You don’t change because things come in your life. You get better because things come in your life.”

His leg was amputated last August and a prosthetic leg that he wore was crimson, one of the colors of his beloved Oklahoma Sooners. He made a handful of public appearances in recent weeks, including one April 7 at an Oklahoma City Thunder game where he received the team’s Community Hero Award.

Also within the past month, Tisdale was honored at the Greenwood Cultural Center in his hometown of Tulsa and presented with the Legacy Award. During the ceremony, he spoke about his cancer, saying “In my mind, I’ve beaten it.”

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good player,,missed