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John Chaney’s body lay at center court Monday morning as mourners filed past and Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” played softly through Temple University’s Liacouras Center.
Some stood and muttered. Others kneeled and crossed themselves. Each in their own quiet, reverent way paid tribute to the basketball coach who became a Philadelphia icon.
“He was a visionary,” said Lewis Fields, who played under Chaney when the coach was at Cheney State University in the 1970s.
Chaney died on January 29, a week after his 89th birthday. His public viewing took place Monday ahead of a private ceremony at the university where he spent 24 years as the head men’s basketball coach.
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