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Jason Collins, NBA’s first openly gay player, dead at 47
Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first openly gay man to play in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of treatment for glioblastoma. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, dies at 47 from brain cancer
Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first man to come out as openly gay while playing in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of treatment for glioblastoma, his family said. He was 47. The NBA announced Collins’s death in a statement issued on behalf.
Jason Collins, NBA’s first openly gay player, dead at 47
Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, died following a “valiant” battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma, his family announced Tuesday. The ex-Nets player and 13-year NBA veteran had revealed his diagnosis in December in a piece published by ESPN. Stage 4 glioblastoma is one of the deadliest forms of brain.