3-time NBA champion and Bulls broadcaster Stacey King dies

Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, has died at the age of 59, the team announced via X, Qazinform News Agency reports.

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The team did not release any details of his death. 

King won three consecutive NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1993. During his NBA career, he also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, and Dallas Mavericks.

King was selected by the Bulls in the 1989 NBA draft with the sixth pick.

Stacey King was also a member of the Bulls’ broadcasting team as a color commentator for more than two decades.

Earlier, it was reported that Bernadette Chirac, widow of the former French president Jacques Chirac, died at the age of 93.