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#1  |  May 13, 04:48 UTC Sports Al Jazeera English 🔗

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.

#2  |  May 12, 20:40 UTC Sports BBC World News 🔗

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies aged 47

Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.