Reggie Lewis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Reggie Lewis
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 21, 1965(1965-11-21)
Age	59
Date Of Death	1993-07-27
Birthplace	Baltimore
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Scorpio

Reggie Lewis Biography

Reggie Lewis is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 21, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. At the age of 27, a small forward for the Boston Celtics died from heart failure while playing on the court.

For the entire duration of his brief NBA career, he was a teammate with He was teammates with Larry Bird for the entirety of his short NBA career..

Reggie Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association’s Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lewis attended high school at Dunbar High School, where he played basketball alongside NBA players Muggsy Bogues, David Wingate, and Reggie Williams. The 1981–82 Dunbar Poets finished the season at 29–0 during Lewis’ junior season and finished 31–0 during his senior season, and were ranked first in the nation by USA Today.

In 1991, he married Donna Harris.

Reggie Lewis Net Worth

Reggie Lewis is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Reggie Lewis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After a stellar college career at Northeastern University, he was drafted 22nd by the Celtics in 1987.

He had a promising career and became the first Celtic to record 100 rebounds.

His uniform number was retired and hangs in tribute in Matthews Arena (the home of Northeastern University’s men’s basketball team and the Celtics’ original home arena in 1946). As a Celtic, he and his family lived in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was a second cousin of PJ Dozier, who wore the jersey number 35 as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder in honor of Lewis.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Reggie Lewis Dating?

According to our records, Reggie Lewis married to Donna Harris-Lewis. As of December 1, 2023, Reggie Lewis’s is not dating anyone.

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On July 27, 1993, during off-season practice at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Lewis suffered sudden cardiac death on the basketball court. He was 27 years old. James Crowley, a Brandeis University police officer who happened upon the gym on a routine patrol, and another Brandeis University police officer attempted to revive Lewis by using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but they were unsuccessful.

Facts & Trivia

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The following day, Lewis checked into New England Baptist Hospital, where he underwent a series of tests by more than a dozen heart specialists, who the Celtics called their “dream team” of doctors. Lewis was diagnosed with “focal cardiomyopathy”, a disease of the heart muscle that can cause irregular heartbeat and heart failure. Lewis was told his condition was most likely career-ending. However, he later sought a second opinion from Dr. Gilbert Mudge at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who diagnosed Lewis with neurocardiogenic syncope, a less serious non-fatal condition instead. As a result, Lewis began working out in preparation for returning for the 1994 season. Mudge was later cleared of any wrongdoing, and he insisted he had never authorized Lewis to resume workouts.