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Ex-NBA star Webster found dead in hotel

‘The Human Eraser’ played for the Seattle SuperSonics and the New York Knicks

By Jeff Latzke / The Bulletin
April 9, 2009

Marvin Webster, a fierce shot-blocking center who helped lead the Seattle SuperSonics to the 1978 NBA finals, was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Tulsa, Okla. He was 56.

His body was discovered in his room Monday morning in the downtown Ambassador Hotel, police said Wednesday.

Foul play is not....

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