Raised in a supremely creative family in southern California, immersed in pop music, Love Stan has taken a different path towards glory, playing four years in the NBA – two of which with the Lakers – After playing Inglewood Morningsoide High and at the University of Oregon.
At the end of his player career, the love of 6 feet 9 inch and 215 pounds remained close to his family. His brother, Mike Lovewas a founding member of Beach boysAnd Stan Love has finally become an essential complement to the group, serving as a human shield for its cousin, Brian WilsonThroughout the late 1970s and the early 80s.
“They were chaotic years,” said Love Portland Tribune In 2019. “It was 24 hours a day of concern, trying to keep the rosaries.
Love finally settled in Lake Oswego, Oregon, after marrying Karen Love in 1986. They had a daughter, Emily, and two sons, Collin and Kevin, who followed his father in the NBA.
Kevin LoveA quintuple All-Star of his 17th season, announced the death of his father Sunday on social networks. Stan Love was 76 years old. His cause of death was not mentioned.
“Dad, you fought for a long time,” wrote Love on Instagram. “The hardest section in the past 6 months. The most painful to attend in recent weeks. And even at the end when you have continued to deteriorate – I have always seen you as a giant. My protector. My first hero.
“The words we heard continuously from you in your last chapter were how blessed you have been to have such a loving family. And in return how much you liked your wife and children. Your only wish was to be at home surrounded by your family when you got your dying breath.
“This breath has come. And now it's time to rest.”
Stan Love was drafted ninth in the general classification of the NBA draft in 1971 by the Baltimore Bullets and collected on average 6.8 points and four rebounds in 226 games in four seasons with the balls and Lakers. He also played 12 games for San Antonio in Assn American Basketball.
As a three-year-old from Oregon, LOVE was a conference from the first All-PAC-8 team team and posted a medium-sized career of 21.1 points and 10.4 rebounds. He scored 30 points or more in a match 12 times, the most in the history of the program. He was inducted into the temple of renowned Oregon in 1994.
Love changed speed after his NBA career in 1977 becoming a full -time protector and a Wilson goalkeeper, creative genius behind the music of Beach Boys but whose prodigious talent had been compromised by mental illness and drug addiction. LOVE has shot the group for five years.
LOVE told Portland Tribune that during this period, Brian's brother and Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, provided Brian with cocaine. At one point, Love decided to end. He and the former Oregon football player, Rocky Pamplin, pretended to be police, burst into Bel Air Home de Dennis and beat him.
Love was sentenced to a fine of $ 750, placed over six months of probation and a mutual prohibition order was made.
“Do you think that (Dennis) had the message?” LOVE said in 2019. “Brian is a very fragile individual with many mental challenges. For someone to give him access to cocaine – who annoyed me. People get what they deserve.”
Brian Wilson, 82, was placed under guardianship In May 2024, four months after the death of the wife Melinda Wilsonwho was his main care provider. Mike Love, 84, remains the group's front.
“Mike was incredible to maintain this brand and keep them on tour for all these years,” said Love. “Demographic data are adolescents to 80 -year -olds. They gathered a great job. ”
The loves grew up in Baldwin Hills, and Stan was the fourth of the six children of Milt and Glee Love. Milt was a union sheet and Glee liked to play the piano and sing. Their cousins, the Wilsons, lived in Hawthorne nearby and founded the Beach boys In 1961. Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, and the rhythm guitarist Al Jardine were adolescents, and Mike Love was at the beginning of the twenties.
“In our living room, when I grew up, there was a cello, a harp, a Steinway piano and other instruments,” said Stan. “We met and sing. My mother pushed the arts. I watched the opera at Hollywood Bowl at the age of 12. I like music, and I can take an air, but I don't play any instrument. ”
Love could certainly play basketball, and he transmitted this skill Kevin, a former UCLA star who remained close to his father throughout his life.
“Dad, I'm so proud to be your son,” Kevin Love Posted Sunday on Instagram. “My only hope is that you are proud of me. That was all I wanted. Thank you for everything. “
