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Lamar Odom
Celebrity Profile
Birth Date 6 November 1979 (1979-11-06) (age 44)
Hometown South Jamaica, New York
Known For NBA player

Dancing with the Stars 28

Partner(s) Peta Murgatroyd
Placement 10th
Highest Score 20 (Viennese waltz)
Lowest Score 11 (Foxtrot)
Average Score 12

Lamar Joseph Odom is a celebrity from season 28 of Dancing with the Stars.

Biography[]

Retrieved from abc.com
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association, he won NBA championships in 2009 and 2010, and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011. Odom played on the United States national team, winning a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics and a gold medal in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, known later as the World Cup.

Odom has three children, Destiny (b. 1998), Lamar Jr. (b. 2002) and Jayden (2005–2006). On 29 June 2006, 6½-month-old Jayden died from sudden infant death syndrome while sleeping in his crib in New York.

He was married to Khloé Kardashian from 2009 to 2016. During their marriage, Odom made several appearances on the reality television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. He and Kardashian also had their own reality series, Khloé & Lamar.

In October 2015, Odom fell into a coma and was hospitalized with life-threatening medical problems. He has since recovered from his health scare and obtained drug treatment. Present-day, Odom feels God kept him on this earth for a reason. He feels it is time to use his story to impact others and is now a professional speaker, traveling the world to inspire others with his breathtaking life story.

Dancing with the Stars 28[]

He was partnered with Peta Murgatroyd. They placed 10th.

Scores[]

1 Score was given by guest judge Leah Remini.

Performances[]


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