Malik Sealy
Malik Sealy (
February 1,
1970 –
May 20,
2000) was a professional basketball player from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident. Sealy played 8 seasons in the
NBA for the
Indiana Pacers, the
Los Angeles Clippers, the
Detroit Pistons, and the
Minnesota Timberwolves. A native of
Bronx, New York, he played college basketball at
St. John's University and was drafted by the Indiana Pacers as the 14th pick in the first round of the
1992 NBA Draft.
Sealy was killed in
St. Louis Park, Minnesota on May 20, 2000. He was driving home from a birthday celebration for teammate
Kevin Garnett in downtown Minneapolis when he was struck by a pickup truck traveling the wrong way down the highway. The truck was driven by 43-year-old
Souksangouane Phengsene who survived the accident with head and chest injuries. Phengsene was driving drunk; his
blood alcohol content was .19, well above the legal limit in Minnesota. He was subsequently given a four-year prison term.
Designed ties and clothing and owned "Malik Sealy XXI, Inc."
His father was a personal bodyguard of
Malcolm X.
Sealy was also an aspiring actor, and had a major part as the talented but selfish player 'Stacey Patton' in the 1996 motion picture
Eddie (film) starring
Whoopi Goldberg, and he also made appearances on TV shows such as
The Sentinel and
Diagnosis Murder.
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Malik Sealy Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com*
Malik Sealy died tragically on May 20, 2000. *
Malik Sealy Tribute*
ESPN.com - NBA - Sealy dies in collision with pickup truck*
JustBBall - Remembering Malik Sealy
