{Leitchfield, Kentucky}...Attorney and former University of Kentucky basketball player 63 year old Jim Dinwiddie was found dead Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide. Leitchfield Police found Dinwiddie dead inside his home of a single gunshot wound after being called to the scene at 10:07 A.M. after Dinwiddie's secretary found him in the bedroom above his law office, which was in a former hotel building he owned. Dinwiddie was a 6-4 guard who played for the Wildcats under Adolph Rupp for three seasons, from 1968 to 1971, scoring 277 points over his career. He was drafted in the 10th round of the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1971.
