Former NBA player Mark Eaton arrives at the 2011 Cedars Sinai Sports Spectacular at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 22, 2011. John Sciulli/Getty Images
Mark Eaton, the seven-foot-four shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during a career spent entirely with the Utah Jazz, has died. He was 64.
The team announced his death Saturday but did not give a cause or details, saying only that it was “unexpected.”
