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NBA center Bob Pettit, the league's first MVP, dies at age 93

NBA center Bob Pettit, the league's first MVP, dies at age 93
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Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBAs first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93. Pettit's alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a cause of death. Pettit was an All-Am...

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