Editing David Stern (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:David Stern at Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|Stern in 2012]]
Stern was married to Dianne Bock Stern, and they had two sons: Eric and Andrew.<ref name="nba.com"/> They resided in [[Scarsdale, New York]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ballard|first=Chris|title=Pressing Forward: David Stern Is Not Looking Back|date=October 24, 2018|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2018/10/24/david-stern-adam-silver-lebron-james-chris-paul-donald-trump-lakers-hornets|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref> By the later years of his commissionership, Stern was earning a $9 million salary. He stood at {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m}}.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28409821/nba-commissioner-david-stern-towered-league-built NBA commissioner David Stern towered over the league he built]</ref>

On December 12, 2019, Stern suffered a [[Intracerebral hemorrhage|brain hemorrhage]] and underwent emergency surgery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Draper |first1=Kevin |title=David Stern Has Surgery for Brain Hemorrhage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/sports/basketball/david-stern-nba-surgery-brain-hemorrhage.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 22, 2019 |date=December 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |last2=Simko-Bednarski |first2=Evan |title=Former NBA Commissioner David Stern underwent surgery after sudden brain hemorrhage |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/12/us/former-nba-commissioner-david-stern-brain-hemorrhage/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=December 22, 2019 |date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> He died in Manhattan on January 1, 2020, at age 77.<ref name = Yahoo>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/former-nba-commissioner-david-stern-dies-at-77-210616601.html|title=Former NBA commissioner David Stern dies at 77|work=[[Yahoo Sports]]|publisher=[[Verizon Media]]|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2020|last=Owens|first=Jason}}</ref><ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/sports/basketball/david-stern-dead.html|title = David Stern, Transformative N.B.A. Leader, Dies at 77|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = January 1, 2020|access-date = January 1, 2020|last = Stein|first = Marc}}</ref> In remembrance of Stern, all NBA teams wore black bands on their jerseys for the remainder of the [[2019–20 NBA season|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/01/why-does-every-nba-players-jersey-have-a-black-band-david-stern-tribute|title=NBA teams will wear a black band on jerseys to pay tribute to David Stern|last=Schwartz|first=Nick|work=USA Today|date=January 3, 2020|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref> Several basketball legends and players mourned his death, including [[LeBron James]], [[Michael Jordan]], [[Magic Johnson]], and [[Kobe Bryant]] (who [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|died]] twenty-five days later).<ref>{{Cite web|title=LeBron James leads tributes to David Stern|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/david-stern-nba-tributes-lebron-jordan-magic-kobe|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
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