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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Birth at
16 April 1947
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Karim Abdul-Jabbar, one of the prominent American basketball players, who bore the name Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. before the adoption of Islam, was born in New York Harlem on April 16, 1947 in the family of a saleswoman and a police officer, and grew up in Manhattan. In addition to being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 for numerous athletic achievements as a scorer, Abdul-Jabbar is also widely known for his guest appearances on various American TV shows. Among them are The Man
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Karim Abdul-Jabbar, one of the prominent American basketball players, who bore the name Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. before the adoption of Islam, was born in New York Harlem on April 16, 1947 in the family of a saleswoman and a police officer, and grew up in Manhattan.
In addition to being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 for numerous athletic achievements as a scorer, Abdul-Jabbar is also widely known for his guest appearances on various American TV shows. Among them are The Man of Atlantis, Tales of the Dark Side.
"Clinic" (Scrubs) and others. And the beginning of his film career was the film released in 1978.
Game of Death Where Abdul-Jabbar played the role of the clumsy enemy of the talented actor
Bruce Lee . The unique battle between a rather miniature martial artist and a 218-centimeter giant is still a bright and memorable event in cinema. The next appearance of the basketball player on the big screen was the role of the co-pilot in the comedy
Airplane! based on the work of the writer
Arthur Haley. Runway 08 (Runway Zero-Eight)
Having completed his professional sports career at the age of 42, Abdul-Jabbar continues to make occasional appearances on television and film screens, mostly playing himself. He is also active in charity, writing books. Basketball player divorced. After seven years of marriage with Janice Brown (later Habiba Abdul-Jabbar), they have three children – two daughters and a son, who, following the example of his father, also chose a sports career.
In 2009, it became known that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is struggling with one of the rare forms of leukemia - cancer of the blood and bone marrow. He was diagnosed at the end of 2008.