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Bill Russell honored with statue in Boston

Celtics great Bill Russell speaks with reporters next to a 600-pound bronze statue in his honor.

Celtics great Bill Russell speaks with reporters next to a 600-pound bronze statue in his honor.

The meaning of his own life and the causes he championed had taken the champ by surprise.

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