Sherron Mills (July 29, 1971 – January 17, 2016) was an American

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player from

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. A 6'9"

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, he played for

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, leading the team to the 1989 Maryland 1-A Boys Basketball State Championship. He played college ball for

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. He was drafted 29th overall in the

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by the

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. He did not make an NBA roster, but played professionally in Europe. Playing in the Italian

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for Cx Orologi Siena during the 1995–96, he topped the league in rebounding. Mills died at a hospital in

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from complications of

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(ALS) on January 17, 2016, at the age of 44.

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