NBA legend Bill Russell, the former Boston Celtics center who won a record 11 league titles, said Saturday he is out of hospital after being treated for dehydration.
The 84-year-old icon, known for his civil rights activism during and after his playing career from 1956 to 1969, was taken by ambulance from his Seattle home to a nearby hospital Friday night.
Russell dismissed an early report he had been taken due to heart trouble and shortness of breath in a Twitter posting announcing he was out of the hospital.
“Thank you everyone for the kind thoughts,” Russell tweeted. “Yes I was taken to the hospital last night & as my wife likes to remind me I don’t drink enough.”
Russell even joked about his situation, adding, “On my way home & as most my friends know I don’t have a heart to give me trouble.” (Agence France-Presse)
