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Stokes later suffered a seizure, fell into a coma and was left permanently paralyzed.

He was revived with smelling salts and returned to the game.

At Stokes's request, he was buried in a cemetery on the campus of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.

Stokes played in the All-Star Game all three years of his career, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team three times.

It was simply called The Maurice Stokes Game and included many of the NBA players.

His story was made into the film Maurie in 1973. Maurie (1973)Twyman helped Stokes after his stroke by organizing an exhibition doubleheader in 1958 that raised $10,000 to help pay Stokes' expenses.

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