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Public viewing set for former 76ers star Darryl Dawkins

Darryl Dawkins, the former 76ers star and NBA personality who died on Thursday at the age of 58, will have a public viewing in the Lehigh Valley on Tuesday night.

It is set for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 417 Howertown Road in Catasauqua.

His service and interment will be private.

After retiring from the NBA, Dawkins was the former head coach of the Lehigh Valley's Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs and the Lehigh Carbon Community College men's team. He made his home in South Whitehall Township with his wife, Janice, and four children.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Darryl R. Dawkins Children's Scholarship Fund in care of Nicholas Antonelli, 6 Dutch Lane, Marlboro, NJ, 07746.

Information provided by the Gilbert Funeral Home in Whitehall.