Mel Turpin passes away

• Manhattan Buckeye

  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/ncaa/07/08/turpin.obit.ap/index.html?eref=sihp
  
  Sad to hear that The Big Dipper (or Dinner Bell to a lot of fans) ended up this way.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  RIP Dinner Bell Mel
• Pariah

  I heard it was suicide. Sad. I remember Mel and Bowie on the floor at the same time. Awesome at the time. You didn't see many 7 footers at the time. You certainly didn't see two of them on the same team.
  
  Mel lived with a whole city who worshipped him. Too bad that couldn't help him overcome his demons.