What is Gene Shue?
[[File:Gene Shue.jpg|right|200px]] '''Eugene William Shue''' (December 18, 1931 – April 3, 2022) was an American professional [[basketball]] player and coach in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/former-nba-great-gene-shue-dies-at-90|title = Former NBA great Gene Shue dies at 90|newspaper = National Post|date = April 4, 2022}}</ref> He was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. He played for the [[New York Knicks]], [[Detroit Pistons]] and the [[Washington Wizards|Baltimore Bullets]]. His played career lasted from 1954 until 1964. His coaching career lasted from 1966 until 1989. Shue died on April 3, 2022 in [[Marina del Rey, California]] from [[melanoma]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gene Shue, All-Star and Longtime N.B.A. Coach, Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/sports/basketball/gene-shue-dead.html|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2022|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shue, Gene}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:National Basketball Association coaches]] [[Category:New York Knicks players]] [[Category:Detroit Pistons players]] [[Category:Washington Wizards players]] [[Category:Deaths from melanoma]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Baltimore]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}