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Lenny Wilkens(1937-2025)

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  • Producer
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Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team", for which he was an assistant coach. He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
BornOctober 28, 1937
DiedNovember 9, 2025(88)
BornOctober 28, 1937
DiedNovember 9, 2025(88)
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Known for

Rise Above
  • Producer
    The 1978 NBA Finals (1978)
    The 1978 NBA Finals
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Seattle Supersonics Head Coach
    Four Square Miles to Glory
    Four Square Miles to Glory
    • Self
      NBA Inside Stuff (1990)
      NBA Inside Stuff
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Self

      Credits

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      Actor

      • Michael Jordan in NBA Hardwood Classics (1984)
        NBA Hardwood Classics
        8.7
        TV Series
        • 1999
      • The NBA on CBS (1973)
        The NBA on CBS
        7.4
        TV Series
        • 1989
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

      Personal details

      • Height
        • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
      • Born
        • October 28, 1937
        • Brooklyn, New York, USA
      • Died
        • November 9, 2025
        • USA
      • Spouse
        • Marilyn ReedJuly 28, 1962 - November 9, 2025 (his death, 3 children)
      • Children
          Randy

      Did you know

      • Trivia
        His father was African-American and mother was Irish-American: Henrietta.

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