Jason Collins, NBA’s first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor
The former center battled stage 4 glioblastoma for eight months and was remembered by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for expanding inclusion.
- On Tuesday, the NBA announced that Jason Collins, the league's first openly gay player, died at age 47 following a battle with brain cancer.
- Collins became a historic figure in 2013 when he announced he was gay in a Sports Illustrated cover story, becoming the first active athlete in a major North American sports league to do so.
- During his 13-year career, Collins played for six franchises and later served as an NBA Cares Ambassador; he traveled to Singapore this past winter for experimental stage 4 glioblastoma treatment.
- His family said in a statement released by the NBA, "We are heartbroken to share that Jason Collins, our beloved husband, son, brother and uncle, has died after a valiant fight with glioblastoma."
- NBA Commissioner Silver noted Collins' influence extended "far beyond basketball" as his twin brother, Jarron Collins, accepted the inaugural Bill Walton Global Champion Award on his behalf last week.
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The korábbi NBA-kosárlabdaza Jason Collins hosszú idea küzdött to glioblasztómával, az agydaganat egyik legagresszívabb formájaval
He played more than 700 games in the NBA, his outing was a novelty in the U.S. league. Now the former basketball player Jason Collins died. He died from the consequences of a brain tumor.
The expívot of the Nets and five other franchises was diagnosed with very aggressive brain cancer in September 2025.
Jason Collins gained great attention in 2013 when he was the first NBA player to make his homosexuality public. Now he has passed away.
Jason Collins, the first American professional basketball player to come out openly as gay, has died of a brain tumor at the age of 47. His family and the American basketball association NBA announced this on Tuesday.
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