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Former NBA star Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in a major US professional sports league, has died at the age of 47.
The former basketball player died after a battle with brain cancer.
First openly gay NBA player Jason Collins dies at 47
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
NBA veteran Jason Collins, who made history as the first active openly gay player in major American sports, has died at age 47 from brain cancer.
Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
He made history in 2013 by publicly revealing he was gay, an announcement made near the end of his playing career
His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday
Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first openly gay male to play in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of treatment for glioblastoma.
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday. Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate.
Jason Collins announced a Stage 4 brain cancer diagnosis in December.
