Known as "The Clown Prince of Basketball" to his millions of fans, George "Meadowlark Lemon has died at the age of 83.

Lemon played for the Globetrotters from 1954 to 1978, participating in more than 16,000 games in nearly 100 countries during his career.

His number 36 was retired back in 2001.

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