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Mourners Pay Tribute To Former Knick Dean "The Dream" Meminger
By: Roger Clark
A memorial service was held Friday in Manhattan to honor the memory of former Knicks star Dean "The Dream" Meminger.
Mourners gathered at the Saint Charles Borromeo Church in Harlem where Valerie Simpson of the songwriting team Ashford and Simpson performed the hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" as a tribute to the late basketball star.
"He brought Harlem with him, to Albany, to Buffalo, wherever he was in the country, Harlem was right there," said Meminger's daughter, Maisha Meminger Crosby.
"The Dream" was a stand out at Rice High School and a college All American at Marquette.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/news/187982/mourners-pay-tribute-to-former-knick-dean--the-dream--meminger