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

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

Collins instructed ESPN in November that he had been recognized 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 residence, attend NBA All-Star Weekend occasions in Los Angeles and attend a recreation at his alma mater, Stanford.

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