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Basketball star Jason Collins is dead

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Jason Collins is dead. He was a known basketball player from the USA. He played 13 years in the NBA. The NBA is a strong basketball league. Jason Collins was 47 years old. He had a bad illness. He had a brain tumor. This is cancer in the head. Doctors in Singapore tried to help him. First he felt better. But the cancer came back. Jason Collins made sports history. In 2013 he said: I am gay. He was the first player in the NBA to say this. Many people liked his courage. He wanted to change the world of sports. Adam Silver is the boss of the NBA. He praised Jason Collins. Collins was a good model for young people. He played 735 games for his teams.

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Definitions

NBA
The NBA is a strong basketball league.
Gay
A gay man loves another man.
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is cancer in the head.

People

Jason Collins
Jason Collins was a basketball player from the USA.
Adam Silver
Adam Silver is the boss of the NBA.

Locations

USA
The USA is a big country.
Singapore
Singapore is a country with good hospitals.

Sources

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