http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/ncaa/07/08/turpin.obit.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

Sad to hear that The Big Dipper (or Dinner Bell to a lot of fans) ended up this way.

RIP Dinner Bell Mel

I heard it was suicide. Sad. I remember Mel and Bowie on the floor at the same time. Awesome at the time. You didn't see many 7 footers at the time. You certainly didn't see two of them on the same team.

Mel lived with a whole city who worshipped him. Too bad that couldn't help him overcome his demons.