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Former UMPI basketball star who was success story for prison rehabilitation dies

Summary by Bangor Daily News
Shyquinn Dix, who starred as a basketball player at the University of Maine at Presque Isle after becoming a success story for a prison rehabilitation program that got him featured on 60 Minutes, died over the weekend. Dix was killed in a car crash on Saturday in Connecticut, according to his college coach. Details about the crash were unavailable Tuesday. Dix, who was in his early 30s, was a two-time All-North Atlantic Conference First Team gua…

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Former UMPI basketball star who was success story for prison rehabilitation dies

Shyquinn Dix, who starred as a basketball player at the University of Maine at Presque Isle after becoming a success story for a prison rehabilitation program that got him featured on 60 Minutes, died over the weekend. Dix was killed in a car crash on Saturday in Connecticut, according to his college coach. Details about the crash were unavailable Tuesday. Dix, who was in his early 30s, was a two-time All-North Atlantic Conference First Team gua…

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Bangor Daily News broke the news in Bangor, United States on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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