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Photos: Meadowlark Lemon, 1932 - 2015

In this photo from Feb. 18, 1978, Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters offers a pretzel to a referee during a game at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lemon, known as the "Clown Prince of Basketball," has died in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 83.

In this photo from Feb. 18, 1978, Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters offers a pretzel to a referee during a game at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Lemon, known as the “Clown Prince of Basketball,” has died in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 83.

  (Suzanne Vlamis / Associated Press)

Meadowlark Lemon, who combined slapstick humor with dazzling basketball skills as a member of the barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, has died at the age of 83.

Meadowlark Lemon, 1932 - 2015

In this Oct. 16, 1999, photo, Meadowlark Lemon talks about his friend and former Harlem Globetrotters teammate Wilt Chamberlain at a memorial service for Chamberlain in Los Angeles.

  (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)

Meadowlark Lemon, 1932 - 2015

Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon balances a basketball on his finger at a 1979 children’s benefit toy auction at New York’s Tavern on the Green.

  (Dave Pickoff / Associated Press)

Meadowlark Lemon, 1932 - 2015

In this Sept. 5, 2003, photo, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Chief Executive John Doleva, left, presents a Hall of Fame jacket to inductee Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters. Lemon was also a member of the International Clown Hall of Fame.

  (Michael Dwyer / Associated Press)

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Meadowlark Lemon, 1932 - 2015

In this Feb. 13, 1993, photo, legendary Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon prepares to put the moves on the Washington Generals’ Tim Burkhart during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York.

  (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)

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