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06/10/1993 Michael Jordan retires from professional basketball

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Michael Jordan retires

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Michael Jordan | Feature | ESPN | 1993 | Retirement Coverage

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Phil Jackson Explains How He Tried To Get Michael Jordan To Not Retire In 1993

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Mike Takes Flight | WGN Coverage of Michael Jordan's Retirement | 1993

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Michael Jordan - Larry King Live (first interview post-1993 retirement)

Jordan announced his retirement, citing a loss of desire to play the game. Jordan later stated that the death of his father three months earlier also shaped his decision. Jordan's father was murdered at a highway rest area in Lumberton, North Carolina, by two teenagers, Daniel Green and Larry Martin Demery.
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