
Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon dies
WASHINGTON — Meadowlark Lemon, the Harlem Globetrotters player known as the “clown prince” of basketball has died. Lemon died Dec. 27 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 83. Lemon played for the Harlem Globetrotters comedy entertainment basketball team for 24 years during their heyday, from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s.