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Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47

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Al Jazeera (EN) - All 12 hours ago • aljazeera.com
Jason Collins, first openly gay active NBA player, dies after cancer battle
The 213cm centre, who publicly came out as gay in 2013, had been battling a brain tumour.
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ABC News - Top Stories 20 hours ago • abcnews.com
Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain cancer, his family…
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The New York Times - Home Page 22 hours ago • nytimes.com
Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”
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