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Rodney Rogers, a former NBA star and Wake Forest basketball legend, died peacefully at age 54 from natural causes related to a spinal cord injury sustained in an ATV accident years ago. He had a distinguished basketball career including honors like ACC Player of the Year in 1993 and NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1999-2000, playing for multiple NBA teams over 12 years. Rogers co-founded the Rodney Rogers Foundation to support people with spinal injuries and is survived by his wife Faye and five children, while the NBA and Wake Forest mourned his passing.