Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 - May 15, 2009) Wayman Tisdale, who last year was elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame, died the morning of May 15th, 2009 at the age of 44. Wayman Tisdale, the former NBA player and current jazz musician, had part of his right leg amputated due to bone cancer earlier this year Tisdale first learned he had cancerous cyst below his right knee after he broke his leg in a fall at his Los Angeles home in February 2007.