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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.
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