On this day: July 27

POSTED: 03:29 PM PDT Jul 26, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 26, 2012 

A wise-cracking cartoon bunny makes his first appearance, the Korean War ends, Madonna drops her debut album, tragedy hits the Olympics and an entertainment legend dies at age 100, all on this day.

OTD July 27 - Reggie Lewis
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1993: Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics suffers sudden cardiac death on the basketball court at an off-season practice at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. He was only 27 years old.

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