Heart disease kills Moses Malone

Hall of Fame basketball player Moses Malone’s death was caused by cardiovascular disease, the Virginia medical examiner’s office said Monday. Malone was found dead in a Norfolk hotel Sunday morning. He was 60. The cause of Malone’s death was listed as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. A friend of Malone said the former NBA star saw a doctor about an irregular heart beat less than a week before he died. On Sunday, Malone was scheduled to play in NBA referee Tony Brothers’ golf tournament to support single mothers. Malone had participated each of the past six or seven years. – Associated Press