Eddie Griffin
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American basketball player (1982-2007)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Griff's BBQ Sauce Cookbook
- Summary of Capote's Women
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-04-24
- Active to
- 2008-07-25
hard bopjazz
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18,319
- Total plays
- 90,455
Tags
stand-upcomedyAllfunnyspoken word
Early life Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Doris Thomas and Eddie Griffin, Sr. He has two siblings, Luther and Wilbert. He attended Lincoln College Preparatory Academy High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was voted class clown three years in a row. After marrying at age sixteen, he divorced a year later. Griffin has one child, Eddie Jr., born in 1986. He first got a taste of comedy when he was a busboy at Stanford and Son's comedy club. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Forward/Center
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Family name
- Griffin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Houston
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- Seton Hall University
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 100
- Height
- 208
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1982-05-30
- date of death
- 2007-08-17
- manner of death
- accidental death
- drafted by
- Brooklyn Nets
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
Sources (3)
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