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Former NBA president stern died at the age of 77

According to several US media reports, David middot, former president of NBA; Stern died on the 1st local time at the age of 77.

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Previously, on December 13, 2019, stern, 77, had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was sent to hospital for emergency surgery. According to New York media reports, Stern was suddenly ill. He was still eating in a restaurant in New York in the afternoon. As a result, he had intracerebral hemorrhage. People at the scene called for emergency assistance and said that he had cardiac arrest at one time. He was then taken to a hospital in Manhattan.

Public information shows that David & middot; Born on September 22, 1942, stern is a Jewish American and served as president of the NBA from 1984 to 2014.

In 1984, he began to hold the post of president of the NBA League. Through powerful commercial packaging, star strategy and international promotion, he developed the NBA into a successful professional sports league in the world, with an annual operating revenue of more than $3 billion and spread to 215 countries in 43 languages.

Stern retired on February 1, 2014 and was succeeded by Adam & middot; Xiao Hua.