Reggie Lewis

Reggie Lewis is one of those names that brings a lump to my throat. A Baltimore kid who blossomed at Northeastern and became the Celtics' rising star, he was gone at just 27. Boston retiring his number says everything about how loved and how promising he was, poised to carry the torch from the franchise's legends. We only got a glimpse of what he could have been, and that incompleteness is exactly what makes his story haunt me. When I read about lives cut this short, I am reminded how fragile and precious health really is, and how much a community can hold onto someone in so little time.

Name (English)

Reggie Lewis

Name (Japanese)

レジー・ルイス

Reading

れじー・るいす

Born

November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

University

Northeastern University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie%20Lewis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555411

Tags

• Maryland
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-18

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