Passing of a Legend ; Auerbach Dies of Heart Attack at 89
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 29, 2006
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WASHINGTON Red Auerbach, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.
Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994- 95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach, who celebrated victories with a postgame cigar, also was the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.See the full content of this document
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Passing of a Legend ; Auerbach Dies of Heart Attack at 89
He died of a heart attack near his home in Washington, according to an NBA official, who didn't want to be identi...
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