Last week, sports columnist Peter Vescey tweeted out that Ramsey had been moved into a hospice.
SB Nation reported that Ramsey had been "battling various forms of cancer on and off for the past 15 years."
Ramsay began his coaching career at his alma Mater Saint Joseph’s College, before becoming the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. He later moved down to become their head coach.
After four seasons as coach of the 76ers, he had a four season stint with the Buffalo Graves. He is most well-known though for giving the Portland Trail Blazers their first and only NBA title during the 1976-77 season. He closed out his coaching career with the Indiana Pacers.
In all, he had an 864-783 win-loss record over 21 NBA seasons.
Ramsay later went on to do broadcasting work for the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat, plus ESPN.
Ramsay was enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. The NBA named him one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996. In 2010, he was awarded the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award by the NBA, along with Tex Winter. - AMD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
