August 27, 2015: NBA legend Darryl Dawkins passed away at the age of 58. No cause of death was immediately released. Dawkins made history in 1975 as the first professional basketball player to be drafted straight out of high school. He played with the Philadelphia 76ers for the majority of his career, and became famous in 1979 for a series of backboard-shattering slam dunks that left fans in awe. After that, Stevie Wonder nicknamed Dawkins "Chocolate Thunder."