RIP Dean Meminger

Sadly, another Marquette Warrior basketball has died.
From the New York Daily News: New York playground legend Dean (The Dream) Meminger, who rose to become a New York Knick but later sank the rest of his shots into drugs and hard living, was found dead in a Harlem hotel Friday of what cops said is a possible overdose.
He was 65.
Meminger, a key backup on the Knicks’ 1973 NBA championship team, was discovered fully clothed around noon by staff at the Hamilton Heights Casablanca Hotel after he didn’t check out on time. He had arrived Thursday night.
“We went to knock on his door,” said the manager of the W. 145th St. lodging. “After several knocks, we opened. It was afternoon, and he hadn’t come down.”...
After starring at Rice High School in Harlem, Meminger was an All-American selection for Al McGuire at Marquette.
At Rice, Meminger became the second New York City high school player to be named All-City three straight years, following the legendary Lew Alcindor, who later took the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
But Meminger had embarked on a dangerous descent in recent years, succumbing to drugs and almost burning himself to death in a 2009 four-alarm fire in the Bronx. He was found unconscious near his bed in a dilapidated SRO, surrounded by several crack pipes.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/dean-dream-meminger-dead-65-article-1.1435515#ixzz2croQfwfa
I remember watching Meminger at Marquette, playing at the Milwaukee Arena.  e certainly was a great athlete and basketball player.