Dead & Company salutes Expense Walton at Las Vegas show

• J.J. Post, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 09:27 PM ET Costs Walton is a legend in basketball, however the Hall of Popularity player-turned-commentator was likewise well-known for his enthusiasm far from the court: the rock band Grateful Dead.Editor’s Picks

Walton’s relationship with the Grateful Dead was longstanding– he declared in his autobiography to have actually attended over 800 of the band’s concerts, and called being inducted into the group’s “Hall of Honor” the greatest tribute he ever received.While performing Thursday at the Sphere in Las Vegas– poetically, the city that hosted the last males’s basketball game played in Walton’s cherished Pac-12– the band Dead & Business, a group containing members of the initial Grateful Dead, paid tribute to Walton.32: Chloe Dam pic.twitter.com/uEsPrOcnOp!.?.!— Dead & Business (@deadandcompany)May 31, 2024 The band played the Grateful Dead’s 1978 tune”Fire on the Mountain”while a montage of a few of Walton’s best minutes supporting the group scrolled by on the scenic screens of the Sphere.Walton passed away Monday at age 71 following an extended fight with cancer. Dead & Business likewise paid tribute to Walton via social networks.