Len Bias
Len Bias was a highly talented American basketball player who played for the University of Maryland and was selected as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. His promising career was tragically cut short when he died of a cocaine overdose just two days after the draft, a shocking event that highlighted the dangers of drug abuse and had a profound impact on sports and drug policy in the United States.
Born on Nov 18, 1963 (62 years old)
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Len Bias was a college basketball star whose overdose in 1986 intensified the U.S. government's war on drugs.
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