Was never officially determined, or at least made public. Today would have been his birthday, so there are some posts about him of course.

Was there any rumor ever that is was more than just probably a cause related to his heart disease? I wonder if one of our past-his-prime, locked-in Chicago Bulls fans like Nas ever heard anything about it.

_________________
Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I personally witnessed him drink an entire fifth of Jack Daniels during 18 holes of golf and then continue at dinner.

I assumed that could have led to some health issues.

_________________
You know me like that.

I'm pretty sure that it was drug related. I don't remember exactly what I heard though.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

there were a lot of hushed-tone references implying suicide or overdose, though not sure what it matters.

_________________
Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Heart disease / failure + drugs usually equals TEAM COCAINE.

See:
DuBrow, Kevin
Entwistle, John

_________________

I remember him hosting on 1000 all fucked up one Sunday in maybe 02 or 03. He was throwing out trivia questions promising vacations if people got the answer correct. The producer/cohost had his wife call in to talk to him. It was Joe Cain levels of bizarre.

_________________

As a high school kid, I saw him while working the Rolling Stones concert and I'm confident his was high as hell when he walked through the door.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

COVID-19

I always loved Norm during that horrendous Bulls run during the early 2000's. He could make the telecast somewhat enjoyable. Wish he were alive today to torch this shit show currently on the court.

_________________

He gave a speech at my High School (circa 1997?) where be basically just screamed at us for 30 minutes calling us "punks".

That would have been awesome.

We only got Bill Wennington at my school, and he basically just answered questions about how awesome Michael Jordan was at basketball.

_________________

He was the black drunk uncle/70's playa who liked to rhyme everything they said. I was a fan.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

At an ESPN outing, he was literally hugging and tonguing the ear of one of the female interns at dinner.

I felt bad for the girl. She was laughing about it but it was a different time.

_________________
You know me like that.

Denis Savard was also there hammered out of his mind.

It was a weird scene.

_________________
You know me like that.

Yes, he was entertaining. Those post-games were the only post-games, in any sport, that I really ever made a point to watch.

_________________
Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Bill Wennington, and earlier than that, Bob Love.

_________________
Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Forgot about Bob Love. He came around to my school once also. I think he's been wearing the same NBA logos leather jacket for 40 years now.

_________________

We had Bob Love and Chris Zorich in junior high.

_________________

I used to run into Bob Love wearing his Bulls leather jacket in my old neighborhood a lot as a kid/young adult. I don't think he was doing well financially as a Bulls ambassador.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Last season, one of the last home games of the year, he was up in the Harris Club (as I hear he usually his.) I spoke with his wife for awhile. Mostly my girlfriend spoke with her, actually. He still seems exactly the same as 20 years ago.

_________________
Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

District 300 was so cheap they could only afford Dickey Simpkins.

I'm just pulling your legs. they'd never allow a black person to speak to the class.

_________________
Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Young Furious watched Stormin' honked down some big rails in a private bar area when he was the coach of the Rockford Lightning.

_________________
Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

He was the guest speaker my junior year of high school for our region basketball banquet. He was quite the character, and I am pretty sure he had been drinking before his speech.

_________________
"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

It's plausible.

_________________

I'm relatively sure the cause of his death was due to his heart ceasing to function properly.

_________________

Sounds plausible .

_________________
Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

But not probable.

Quit being reasonable. Or unreasonable.

_________________

I thought it was clear that he sadly took his own life. Not sure if it makes a difference what method was used.

I met him at a party once in the late 90s—he was super friendly and fun to hang out with. I recall that he thought really highly of himself as a player—objectively he was not as great historically as he believed.

His $5,000 suit was at the cleaners that day.

_________________