The Milwaukee Bucks honored Junior Bridgeman Thursday night at Fiserv Forum with a jersey patch and tribute video. Bridgeman passed away on March 11.

Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71

Junior Bridgeman, one of the Milwaukee Bucks ' all-time greats, suffered a medical emergency at a fundraiser in Louisville, Kentucky, and later died. the Louisville Courier Journal reported. Bridgeman was speaking with a reporter when he "expressed that he thought he was having a heart attack," according to a report from WLKY-TV.