UPDATED | Ex-Wildcat Turpin found dead at home

July 9th, 2010

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Melvin Turpin, a talented and popular University of Kentucky basketball player whose promising professional career never quite lived up to its potential, apparently took his own life Thursday at his Lexington home. He was 49. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that Turpin, a 7-foot ... — full article at kentucky.com

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