TWD Condolences/Sports Saturday #4 For 6/19/10: Manute Bol Has Passed Away At 47

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This wonderful man has passed away at age 47:
Manute Bol, the tallest player in NBA history during his 10 seasons, has died, his friend Tom Prichard told The Star today.

Bol, who had a home in Olathe, died this morning. He was fighting acute kidney failure and a skin disease he contracted while trying to help his native Sudan. He was 47.

He spent his entire basketball fortune and survived attacks on his life to save and improve lives in and around Sudan. He lost hundreds of family members in an ongoing war but saved or educated at least that many with peacemaking efforts.

Here is a wonderful montage of Bol's best moments on the court.


And probably an even greater video, his interview about the many problems in the Sudan and throughout the continent.

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