Wayman Tisdale Tribute On 947thewave.com Starts Now

by Mike S

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Monday, May. 18, 2009 Monday, May. 18, 2009 at 9:27:41pm PDT

This will be a pretty short diary. As many already know, Wayman Tisdale passed away last Friday at the age of 44. Tonight my radio station will play a one hour tribute at 10:00PM PDT. You can listen here while you blog. It should be a nice show with his music, interviews and memories from people who knew and worked with him. I hope you will join us.

Wayman Tisdale, who scaled the heights in two high-profile careers as a professional basketball player and a chart-topping recording star, died May 15 of cancer at a hospital in Tulsa. He was 44.

Mr. Tisdale first gained renown in the 1980s as a three-time All-American basketball player at the University of Oklahoma. As a 6-foot-9 power forward with a soft left-handed shot, he was practically unstoppable during his college career, averaging 25.6 points a game.