Here are some notable people who have died in 2026.
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday, May 12. He was 47.
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Here are some notable people who have died in 2026.
Collins, a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the NBA, died after eight-month battle with glioblastoma
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league,…
Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Collins died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.
Former NBA player Jason Collins, widely hailed as the first openly gay athlete in any of the four major U.S. sports, has died of…
Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in NBA history, has died at 47 after a battle with glioblastoma.
