Lance Blanks RIP

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Apr 21, 2006
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Somehow I missed that he died a few days ago, and now his daughter has come out and announced he died by suicide. The guy was not my favorite announcer, but seemed like a quality human and it just goes to show how terrible depression and mental health issues can be.

 
Somehow I missed that he died a few days ago, and now his daughter has come out and announced he died by suicide. The guy was not my favorite announcer, but seemed like a quality human and it just goes to show how terrible depression and mental health issues can be.


Don't know him but tough hit for the family and friends. Suicide is tough on the survivors.
 
I remember Lance in college and the NBA. He was a “bad boy”, which explains why the NBA Champion Detroit Pistons took him in the 1990 draft. That’s the year the Bulls finally got past the Pistons, sweeping the conference finals with Isaiah Thomas and company skipping the handshake line.

I’ve lost a loved one to depression and suicide - we do a poor job managing mental health and my thoughts are with the Blanks family.
 

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