Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor

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• NPRLean L·3h ago

  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 tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

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