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JamesG
08-30-2020, 02:45 AM
Cliff Robinson, Former NBA All-Star and "Survivor" Contestant, Dies at 53
by Tyler Aquilina
August 29, 2020


Clifford Robinson, an 18-year veteran of the NBA and onetime contestant on "Survivor", has died. He was 53.

The University of Connecticut, Robinson's alma mater, announced his death on Twitter Saturday. A cause of death was not immediately available; however, Robinson has had multiple health struggles in recent years, including a brain hemorrhage in 2017 that temporarily paralyzed the left side of his body.

Robinson was a contestant on the 28th season of "Survivor", Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, in 2014, becoming the fifth person to be eliminated that season.

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TMC
08-31-2020, 02:33 AM
So many players (https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1299721166433681409) now from the 1990 Portland Trail Blazers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season) team that went to the NBA Finals have passed away (https://fadeawayworld.net/2020/08/30/4-players-from-the-1990-portland-trail-blazers-have-shockingly-passed-away/) before the age of 54:

Drazen Petrovic (1964-1993)
Kevin Duckworth (1964-2008)
Jerome Kersey (1962-2015)
Cliff Robinson (1966-2020)