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Jason Collins, first openly gay active NBA player, dies after cancer battle
Al Jazeera
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The 213cm centre, who publicly came out as gay in 2013, had been battling a brain tumour.
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The 213cm centre, who publicly came out as gay in 2013, had been battling a brain tumour.
"We are heartbroken to share that Jason Collins, our beloved husband, son, brother and uncle, has died after a valiant fight with glioblastoma," the family said in a statement.
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 cancer, his family announced Tuesday
Former NBA star Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in a major US professional sports league, has died at the age of 47.
