Kevin Widemond

Kevin Widemond (born in Newark, New Jersey, United States on 24 December 1985, died in Leiria, northern Portugal on 25 October 2009) was an American basketball player. He played in West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, was a two-year starter for San Jacinto College and then played at Texas A&M University–Commerce in Commerce, Texas.

After graduation, he signed for the Portuguese basketball club Ovarense to play international basketball in the Portuguese Basketball Premier League in the 2009-2010 season. He died of a heart attack during a Portuguese basketball tournament. He was just 23. The Portuguese Basketball Federation said he collapsed in the locker room during halftime of a game between his team Ovarense and Academica in Leiria, in northern Portugal for third-place playoff game of the cup competition. He died in the hospital when efforts of resuscitation failed.[1] He had played for just one month with the club.

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