May 16 2009
Basketball Great Waymon Tisdale Loses Battle With Cancer
Basketball great Wamon Tisdale, who also forged a successful post-NBA career as a popular smooth jazz artisrt, died today after losing a lengthy battle with cancer. Tisdale spent 12 years in the NBA, after an All-American college career playing at the University of Oklahoma.
Tisdale, a 6′9″ forward, played for the Indiana Pacers, Sacremento Kings, and Phoenix Suns during a NBA career in which he averaged more than 15 points per game, and was a member of the gold medal winning 1984 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.
An accomplished musician, Tisdale enjoyed a highly successful music career after leaving basketball, recording nine albums as a smooth jazz artist. His albums included “Way Up”, released in 2006, and spent four weeks at the top of the contemporary jazz charts.
Waymon Tisdale will be sadly missed.
