Meadowlark Lemon
Legendary Harlem Globetrotter, Meadowlark Lemon, shown in this December 5, 2015 photo with Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly in St. Louis, died at the age of 83 at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona his wife Cynthia reported on December 27, 2015. No cause of death has been given. Meadow Lemon III, who became known as the "Clown Prince of Basketball" joined the Harlem Globetrotters in 1954 and left in 1978. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. Lemon later became an ordained Christian minister and is survived by ten children. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI