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

By 24USA.NEWS On May 12, 2026

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first overtly 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 recognized 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 recreation at his alma mater, Stanford.

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