Jason Collins, NBA’s 1st brazenly homosexual participant, dies of mind most cancers at 47 | SportsCenter

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first brazenly homosexual participant who has served as a worldwide ambassador for the game for the previous decade, has died of mind most cancers, his household stated Tuesday. He was 47.

Collins instructed ESPN in November that he had been identified with Stage 4 glioblastoma, one of many deadliest types of mind most cancers. He traveled to Singapore this previous winter to obtain experimental remedies not but licensed within the United States. Those remedies have been efficient sufficient for him to return dwelling, attend NBA All-Star Weekend occasions in Los Angeles and attend a sport at his alma mater, Stanford.

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