Stacey King, the former Bulls forward and longtime broadcaster, died at 59, the team announced on June 7, 2026 at 12:24 pm. Chicago lost one of its most familiar basketball voices, and one of the men who helped the Bulls win three championships in the 1990s.
The Bulls selected King with the sixth overall pick in the 1989 draft after he finished his Oklahoma career as a Consensus first-team All-America selection in 1988/89. He spent parts of five seasons in Chicago to open his NBA career, then later had stints with Minnesota, Miami, Boston and Dallas before becoming a fixture on Bulls broadcasts.
For years, King was known on the air for humor and for a fairness that stood out in a partisan market. He would credit the other side when it was due, which made the reaction to his death feel even more personal in Chicago. One response called him a legend in the city, said the news was shocking and noted that he had been discussing KAT on Twitter at 9:52 pm the night before. The contrast was plain: a broadcaster known for measured calls, and a farewell that landed like a jolt.
The team did not announce a cause of death. That leaves the immediate story where it landed Monday afternoon: a former No. 6 pick, a three-time champion and a trusted voice for generations of Bulls fans is gone, and the organization now faces the silence that follows without any explanation yet for how it happened.
