Maurie


Maurie also known as Big Mo is a 1973 American semibiographical feature film directed by Daniel Mann. Distributed by National General Pictures, the film covers the lives and relationship of two NBA Hall of fame basketball players, the forward Jack Twyman, and his teammate the forward Maurice Stokes.

Three days later, after an openinground playoff game against the Detroit Pistons, Stokes became ill during the teams flight back to Cincinnati, suffered a seizure and fell into a coma to awaken in a Cincinnati hospital three weeks later. Stokes never fully recovered from the brain injury, and he was left permanently paralyzed. He would be confined to bed or a wheelchair as an almost completely paralyzed quadraplegic, and would need constant nursing care.Twyman offered his friendship and continuous moral support and financial aid to Stokes and his family even legally adopting him, who were saddled with the difficult task of caring for the virtually invalid Stokes, up until Stokess death from a heart attack in 1970. ........

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