Nickname:	The Captain
Known for:	Airplane!, Fletch, BASEketball
Birth name:	Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
Birthday:	16 April 1947, New York, New York, USA
Height:	7' 2" (2.18 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. AP - In a move to engage young people worldwide, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a global cultural ambassador.
Today in his blog, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar paid tribute to Leslie Nielsen who died yesterday at the age of 84. Kareem played a small role and worked with Nielsen in "Airplane!" (1980). Most will agree ...



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Filed under: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most beloved Lakers of all time -- and that's exactly why the Upper Deck trading card company believes they can't get a fair shot against him in a Los Angeles court. It's all over a lawsuit Kareem filed last month -- in…
Filed under: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Marty Singer, Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is outraged that a trading card company has traded on his image after he specifically shut them down ... and now Kareem is gunning for more than a million. In a lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ…
Basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced this morning that he has a rare form of cancer. The all-star player, who has also had numerous television and movie roles, was diagnosed last year with a rare type of blood cancer known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. He has not spoken about his battle publicly until now, and hopes to inspire others as new treatments are available to patients with the disease. The type of cancer Kareem faces affects the blood and bone marrow. Until recently, diagnosis often meant only years or a few months to live. Kareem is being treated with a medicine that specifically targets this type of cancer. He is breaking his silence to team up with world-leading research and resource centers to spread the word to others who suffer from the disease. Kareem is encouraging fellow patients and families to visit www.CMLAlliance.com for disease education, treatment information, testing and reimbursement support.

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AFP - US basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has gone public with his fight against a rare form of leukemia, urging regular doctor visits and improved health care for the poor.

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