Meadowlark Lemon, star of the Harlem Globetrotters, dies

Meadowlark Lemon
In this Feb. 18, 1978, file photo, Meadowlark Lemon, of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, offered a pretzel to a referee during a game at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Suzanne Vlamis | AP 1978

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