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Warriors legend Nate Thurmond passes away at age 74

We’ve lost one of the most iconic figures in the history of not only our organization, but the NBA in general.

OAKLAND -– Nate Thurmond, voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history and a member of the Warriors organization for more than four decades as both a player and a Community Relations Ambassador, passed away this morning in San Francisco at the age of 74 after a short battle with leukemia.

Considered one of the best centers to ever play the game of basketball, Thurmond was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.