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Connie Hawkins of the Phoenix Suns is pictured in action Feb. 16, 1971, against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

Connie Hawkins of the Phoenix Suns is pictured in action Feb. 16, 1971, against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

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Basketball’s Connie Hawkins was ahead of his time

Connie Hawkins took a long and winding road to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame — but somehow he made it. The extraordinarily talented Mr. Hawkins died Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at his home in Phoenix following a long illness at age 75. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.