Melvin Turpin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mel Turpin, Dinner Bell, Big Dipper, The Mealman
American basketball player (1960-2010)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Melvin Turpin is referenced by 94 other articles, and connects out to basketball, Suicide and Michael Jordan.
It is catalogued under topics including 1960 births, 2010 deaths and 2010 suicides.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1986-05
Discography
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Place of death
- Lexington
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of Kentucky
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 109
- Height
- 211
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- date of birth
- 1960-12-28
- date of death
- 2010-07-08
- manner of death
- Suicide
- drafted by
- Washington Wizards
- name
- Mel Turpin
- birth name
- Melvin Harrison Turpin
- nickname
- The Mealman
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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Categories
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