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Bill Russell collapses on stage
« on: July 17, 2014, 02:05:43 PM »

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Prayers for Bill Russell, he just collapsed on stage while speaking to our company. #shocked

Russell was apparently giving a speech on stage to a company at Lake Tahoe. I hope everything is okay.

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Uh oh.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2014, 02:10:29 PM »

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Yikes.  Hope he's ok, any issue could be a bad one at 80.

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Oh boy, that's not good.


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The last thing I wanted to hear. My prayers go out to Bill.

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thanks for the news, even if it is extremely sad.
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Some random guy on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Njackso7/status/489823217813434368

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Russell is conscious now. Phew!

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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2014, 02:22:13 PM »

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Aww man that sucks
Truuuuuuuuuth!

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Some random guy on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Njackso7/status/489823217813434368

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Russell is conscious now. Phew!
I love it when random dudes pretend to be insiders (see his previous tweet on the issue: "per my sources", etc...
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I hope he is ok. I searched and could not find any other info

Re: Bill Russell collapses on stage
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2014, 02:33:35 PM »

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From the guy who broke the story:

http://www.chatsports.com/nba/a/Bill-Russell-Reportedly-Collapses-On-Stage-During-Speech-10-203-2856

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@cmartin4534 Chris, is there any other information you can provide on Bill Russell? DM us if so.

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@ESPNBoston he was conscious when he left via ambulance. That is all I know at this time. I'll let you know if I hear anything else.

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From the guy who broke the story:

http://www.chatsports.com/nba/a/Bill-Russell-Reportedly-Collapses-On-Stage-During-Speech-10-203-2856

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ESPNBoston @ESPNBoston
@cmartin4534 Chris, is there any other information you can provide on Bill Russell? DM us if so.

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Christopher Martin @cmartin4534
@ESPNBoston he was conscious when he left via ambulance. That is all I know at this time. I'll let you know if I hear anything else.
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2014, 06:24:44 PM »

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hope it was dehydration or something minor like that.

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Re: Bill Russell collapses on stage
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2014, 07:17:53 PM »

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ESPN has had an article up for a few hours now that says:

The Hall of Fame center is "feeling better," the Celtics said, and is expected to fly back to his Seattle-area home as early as Thursday night.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/11229200/bill-russell-hospitalized-collapse-nevada

Good to hear!