NBA Champion, Bill Russell, Dies at 88

11- time NBA champion, Dies at 88

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Bill Russell

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The NBA awarded him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.

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Russell is remembered as one of the greatest basketball players ever and the most important civil rights activists.

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