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Nick Baumgardner(@nickbaumgardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

when people talk about 'who's the nicest celebrity you've ever met' ... buddy, Bill Walton's gonna be tough to top for, like, every person who ever met Bill Walton

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Andrew Marchand(@AndrewMarchand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW COLUMN: Bill Walton struggled with a stutter until at 28, by chance, he met the legendary Marty Glickman.

It is part of Walton's remarkable life story.

nytimes.com/athletic/55223…

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Rachel Nichols(@Rachel__Nichols) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My favorite Bill Walton experience: when he came to visit us at The Jump, saw a framed photo we had on set of Bill Russell (his favorite player), and simply walked over, grabbed it - and took it home. The whole thing was absolutely delightful. What a force; he will be so missed

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David Ubben(@davidubben) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bill Walton: 'You ever been to Iowa?'

Jason Benetti: 'Same answer as yesterday. No.'

... awkward silence

Walton: 'You ever been to Eichelberger Farms in Iowa? They've got 50,000 female hogs there.'

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Matt Brown(@MattBrownEP) 's Twitter Profile Photo

May we all learn to have just a fraction of the curiosity and love of life that Bill Walton did. That was a man who was so interesting precisely because he was so deeply interested

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Awful Announcing(@awfulannouncing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bill Walton won't give Dave Pasch an answer on if he was in the mix to play Chewbacca in Star Wars.

Bill finally says that he 'auditioned' to play Chewbacca, but they modeled the character after him.

This is an amazing interaction.🏀🎬🤣

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The Athletic(@TheAthletic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

He was a national champion. An NBA champion. He once rejected the U.S. government. Later, he would be one of the voices that brought us the Pac-12 after dark.

Bill Walton called himself the “luckiest man in the world” — and he believed it.

✍️ Jason Quick

nytimes.com/athletic/54208…

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Chris Vannini(@ChrisVannini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bill Walton was the greatest college basketball player of all time.

Three-time Naismith player of the year in three varsity seasons.

An 86-4 record on varsity with two undefeated national titles, plus a 20-0 freshman team.

A personal 142-game winning streak over five years.

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