Manute Bol, Humanitarian and NBA Baller

[Sean]

Jun 19, 5:48 PM (ET)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47.
Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition, Tom Prichard, executive director of the group Sudan Sunrise, said in an e-mail.

[typhooforme]

Even folks who weren't basketball fans as such knew who Manute Bol was.  An athlete and a humanitarian--and son of a Dinka tribal chief--he was also a husband and father.  Rest now.

[charp13]

Oh no, I didn't hear about this. Such a class act and a gentleman.

[Unknown Primate]

Wow!  That is too young...  I remember watching him on Late Night/Dave Letterman Show many years ago.  He was pretty cool!

[BlackLagoon]

Def a "good guy" of the game.

[BaronLatos35]

I remember watching him play for our Bullets.

More importantly, he was a good person off the court.

R.I.P.