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Last Modified: Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:18 a.m.
Neal Walk, Florida's first college basketball star and highest-drafted player in school history, died Sunday night at a Phoenix hospital at 67.
Walk had been battling a blood disease on and off for seven months, according to close friend and former teammate Kurt Feazel.
A skilled, 6-foot-10 center, Walk was the first All-American basketball player in UF history. He finished his Florida career from 1966-69 with 1,600 points, which still ranks eighth on the all-time school scoring list. Walk averaged 20.