Manute Bol has died

[YanksFan1992]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/loc...-bol-dies.html

Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other professional teams, and who devoted his post-basketball life to improving the lot of his fellow natives of Sudan, died June 19 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 47.

His cousin George Bol said Mr. Bol had internal bleeding and other complications from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare skin disease that he contracted from a medication he received in Africa.

What he did after his basketball career was no short of amazing. Rest in peace.

[yankeebot]

Very sad. The world has lost a hero. RIP.

This was from a few weeks ago and is worth the few minutes to read it. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/29...cognition.html

[BroadwayBomber55]

Block shots, shoot threes for a tall, lanky center and a great humanitarian. That's Manute Bol.

RIP

[JDPNYY]

How about a recap of every game he played?

[yankeesAZ]

A lot people say "he was a good man" after they die. He really was. RIP.

[DrNick]

RIP Manute.

Ran into him several years ago on a gambling cruise. We were playin craps. He had dropped a few hundred dollar chips on the floor. I tapped him on the shoulder to let him know. We didnt have to buy drinks the rest of the night.

[35Knucklecurve]

Very sad. The world has lost a hero. RIP.

This was from a few weeks ago and is worth the few minutes to read it. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/29...cognition.html

Thanks for posting this link. It is indeed well worth the time to read it. Such a stark contrast......so very sad.

[In Mo I Trust]

He was a great man, RIP.