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Wes Leonard: Michigan High School Basketball Star Dies After Game-Winning Shot

Celebration turned to tragedy Thursday night at a Michigan high school when 16-year-old Wes Leonard collapsed on the basketball court and later died after scoring the game-winning shot in overtime, helping his team clinch a perfect season. According to Dr. David A Start, the forensic pathologist and medical examiner of Ottawa County, the cause of death was cardiac arrest due to dilated cardiomyopathy -- an enlarged heart. Leonard's game-winning layup, which earned two of his 21 points that...Full Story
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