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<text id=93TT1711>
<title>
May 17, 1993: Shooting Star
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
May 17, 1993 Anguish over Bosnia
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 24
SOCIETY
Shooting Star
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<p>A heart ailment may end the meteoric career of the Celtics'
Reggie Lewis
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<p> The Boston Celtics basketball team just finished a sad, hard
season: the revered Larry Bird retired at the start; the always
dependable Kevin McHale retired at the end; and during the
playoffs, the team lost its captain and hope for the future,
Reggie Lewis. The 27-year-old forward collapsed during a
postseason game at Boston Garden. Lewis, who is the Celtics'
leading scorer, bravely returned to the game before weakening
and finally heading for the bench for good. A few days later,
a team physician delivered a disturbing diagnosis: Lewis had
"focal cardiomyopathy," an ailment that damages an area of the
heart and causes it to beat irregularly. Hank Gathers of Loyola
Marymount University, another celebrated young basketball
player, died from cardiomyopathy in 1990. Lewis said he would
seek a second opinion. And Celtics fans, stunned by the loss,
looked around desperately for another hoops hero.
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