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Dawkins is the author of Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Times of Darryl Dawkins (co-authored with Charley Rosen), which chronicles his on and off-the-court life as an NBA star. In the book, Dawkins writes of some of the racism he encountered during his NBA career, playing alongside 76ers superstar Julius Erving, and his off-the-court experiences with drugs, parties and women.
Darryl Dawkins was briefly married to Kelly Barnes of Trenton, New Jersey. Kelly Barnes Dawkins committed suicide on November 1, 1987 back home in New Jersey. Dawkins was on the road with the team at the time. (The New York Times, November 8, 1987). He is currently married to his wife Janice and they have 3 kids, including one daughter with Down syndrome from Janice's previous marriage.
Dawkins appears in NBA Ballers and the ESPN NBA 2K video games as a reserve member of the 1980s Legends East Team. In 1999, Saturday Night Live named Dawkins the "Man of the Millennium" in a "Weekend Update" sketch.
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