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University Of Maryland Basketball Remembers Len Bias On What Would Have Been His 57th Birthday

COLLEGE PARK, MD. (WJZ) — Len Bias would have been 57-years-old Wednesday, and University of Maryland's basketball program is remembering him on his birthday.

Bias died of a cocaine overdose in 1986, just two days after becoming the No. 2 player taken in the NBA draft.

Today would've been Len Bias' 57th birthday. Rest in Peace to an all-time basketball legend.

Posted by Maryland Basketball on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Leonard Kevin "Len" Bias was a first-team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland.

He was inducted into UMD's Hall of Fame in 2014.

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