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Curly Neal passes away – great player, great smile, and a party invitation I refused
March 27, 2020

Former Harlem Globetrotter Curly Neal died yesterday at age 77. Kids in the 1970s knew two of the Globetrotters – Meadowlark Lemon and Curly.  Meadowlark was hilarious – a nonstop cascade of basketball comedy.  Curly had a shaved head and smiled all the time.  Both were featured prominently on Scooby Doo episodes and the  strange […]