at the time of Malone's death. Death Malone died in his sleep from heart disease at the age of 60, on the morning of September 13, 2015, at a hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. He had been scheduled to play in a charity golf tournament that day and was found unresponsive in his room when he did not appear for breakfast or answer his phone. Malone had previously complained of an irregular heartbeat and was reported to have been wearing a heart monitor when he died. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah (ABA) | 83 || || 38.6 || .571 || .000 || .635 || 14.6 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 18.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis (ABA) | 43 || || 27.2 || .512 || .000 || .612 || 9.6 || 1.3 || .6 || .7 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left";| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 2 || || 3.0 || || || || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left";| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 80 || || 31.3 || .480 || || .693 || 13.4 || 1.1 || .8|| 2.3 || 13.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 59 || || 35.7 || .499 || || .718 || 15.0 || .5 || .8 || 1.3 || 19.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || || style="background:#cfecec;"|41.3* || .540 || || .739 || style="background:#cfecec;"|17.6* || 1.8 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 24.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || || 38.3 || .502 || .000 || .719 || 14.5 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 25.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 80 || || 40.6 || .522 || .333 || .757 || style="background:#cfecec;"|14.8* || 1.8 || 1.0 || 1.9 || 27.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 81 || 81 || style="background:#cfecec;"|42.0* || .519 || .000 || .762 || style="background:#cfecec;"|14.7* || 1.8 || .9 || 1.5 || 31.1 |- | style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|† | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 78 || 78 || 37.5 || .501 || .000 || .761 || style="background:#cfecec;"|15.3* || 1.3 || 1.1 || 2.0|| 24.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 71 || 71 || 36.8 || .483 || .000 || .750 || style="background:#cfecec;"|13.4* || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 22.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 79 || 79 || 37.4 || .469 || .000 || .815 || style="background:#cfecec;"|13.1* || 1.6 || .8 || 1.6