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Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, [12] [13] and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee and appeared in his film Game of Death (1972). [14] In 2012, Abdul-Jabbar was selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a U.S. global cultural ambassador. [15]
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) December 16, 2023 Abdul-Jabbar, an all-time great who played 20 seasons in the NBA, has dealt with multiple health issues in his retirement.
STORY: Following the death of basketball great Kobe Bryant, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted a video of condolences to Twitter on Sunday (January 26).
A social activist and writer, Abdul-Jabbar revealed in 2020 that he had prostate cancer. In 2009, he said he was diagnosed the previous year with chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted a video on Twitter expressing his condolences. [111] LeBron James , who had passed Bryant on the list of NBA career scoring leaders the previous night and had spoken to Bryant on the morning of the accident, posted a statement on Instagram, saying "I'm heartbroken and devastated ...
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Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage is a mystery novel by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse. It is the third novel in their "Mycroft Holmes" series [1] utilizing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's characters of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.
The 1974 martial arts film was completed after Lee's death; out of respect for Lee, Abdul-Jabbar refused to shoot the additional footage with another actor, so producers used a double for him.