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- Michael Ray Richardson, a four-time National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star, died at 70 in Lawton, Oklahoma, after prostate cancer.
- Known as 'Sugar,' he was banned from the NBA in 1986 for drug violations and co-authored a book about his life.
- Richardson led the NBA in steals three times and earned 1985 Comeback Player of the Year.
- After his NBA career, Richardson played in the Continental Basketball Association and overseas.
