There was no bigger Grateful Dead fan than Bill Walton, the late basketball icon who died yesterday (May 28) at 71 years old: He saw over 1,000 of the band’s concerts.So, some of the group’s ...

Members of the Grateful Dead and its currently playing spin-off group, Dead & Company, have taken to social media after the death of basketball legend Bill Walton to share their grief and love for ...

Walton has been a fan of the Grateful Dead for a long time. According to USA Today , he first saw the band perform live in 1967 at the age of 15 years old. That was the same year the band released ...

Bill Walton may or may not have been the biggest fan of the Grateful Dead, but he was the most well-known. The NBA Hall of Fame star and Trail Blazers legend, who died Monday of cancer at age 71 ...

In a wide-ranging interview, former NBA star Bill Walton discusses his broadcasting career and influences, his health and, of course, the Grateful Dead, among other topics.

Bill Walton, a basketball Hall of Famer beloved by many in Boulder for his Pac-12 commentary and love of The Grateful Dead, died Monday at 71 years old.

The Grateful Dead can be an acquired taste. Not everyone appreciates the winding jams, intricate collaboration, and 20-minute songs. That was never the case for Bill Walton.

Bill Walton, the gregarious NBA star who became an ESPN commentator and was well known as a dedicated fan of the Grateful Dead, has died after battling cancer, the NBA confirmed Monday. He was 71.

The summer of 2015 was a culminating moment in Bill Walton’s life. He’d been seeing the Grateful Dead, in all of its iterations, for 48 years by that point. He’d been to hundreds upon ...

The Grateful Dead’s “Standing on the Moon” helped basketball champion Bill Walton, and one of the tallest Deadheads, mend after surgery.

Members of the Grateful Dead and its currently playing spin-off group, Dead & Company, have taken to social media after the death of basketball legend Bill Walton to share their grief and love for ...