Wayne Sims Obituary – Cause of Death: Former DeRidder High/LSU star athlete Wayne Sims dies at 54.
Wayde Sims’ father, Wayne Sims, a former LSU basketball player and a deceased Tigers icon, passed away.
Sims passed away after allegedly collapsing at work. Sims appeared to have passed away naturally early on Wednesday morning, according to officials. At 54 years old, he was.
From 1987 until 1991, Wayne Sims participated on the LSU basketball team, battling against players like Shaquille O’Neal. Following a concert in 2018, he attempted to break up a street brawl when his son, Wayde, was shot and killed.
“Former LSU basketball player Wayne Sims, who played for the Tigers from 1987-1991, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 54,” LSU wrote in a statement.
“Sims played for Coach Dale Brown and played alongside such players as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Vernel Singleton and Shaquille O’Neal as the Tigers appeared in the NCAA Tournament every year Sims played for LSU and won the Southeastern Conference championship in 1991, his senior season.”
“Wayne’s son Wayde, also played for two seasons for the Tigers before being tragically killed in an off-campus incident in the early morning hours before the opening of practice for the 2018-19 season. Wayne and his wife Fay set up the Wayde Sims Foundation which since Wayde’s death has raised considerable money for projects in the Baton Rouge area.”
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