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

By 24USA.NEWS On May 12, 2026

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first brazenly 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 advised 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 therapies not but approved within the United States. Those therapies had 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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