Dead & Company Honor Late Bill Walton With Massive Floral Display In Touching Tribute
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The Grateful Dead spin-off band wrote on social media that the NBA legend "was an irreplaceable force and spirit in our family."
Dead & Company paid tribute to longtime Grateful Dead fan Bill Walton with dozens of massive roses during the band’s first show since the NBA legend’s death earlier this week.
The NBA Hall of Fame center, who died Monday following his battle with cancer, said he learned “how to become a champion” due to the Grateful Dead and wrote in his 2016 memoir that he attended more than 850 of the band’s concerts.
He was 71.
Dead & Company — a spin-off band which features members of the Grateful Dead — showed love to the late 6-foot-11 Deadhead with a performance of “Fire on the Mountain” during the band’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Thursday.
The venue’s 160,000-square foot screen flashed photos of the NBA icon supporting the Dead as well as Dead & Company at a number of shows and events over the years.