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Former NBA player Manute Bol dies in Va. hospital


KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — An associate of former NBA player Manute Bol says Bol has died at a Virginia hospital, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition.

Sudan Sunrise executive director Tom Prichard says in an e-mail that the 7-foot-6 Bol died Saturday morning at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.

The 47-year-old Bol played 10 seasons in the NBA and later founded Sudan Sunrise, a humanitarian group based in Lenexa, Kan., that promotes reconciliation in Sudan. Bol played professionally with Washington, Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami.

Bol was hospitalized in mid-May during a stopover in Washington after returning to the United States from Sudan. Prichard says Sudan ``and the world have lost a hero.''

They said while he was in the hospital he was still raising money to put a roof on a school in the Sudan. He went out to do as much as he could to help others. Not like some people who were mainly there to get there picture taken. He was a man who used his basketball skills to improve the lives of people in his homeland.

R.I.P. manute. the nba lost an amazing shot blocker. guess the team up in the sky needed a 7'7" guy to block some shots

more than his basketball stardom, you talk about a humanitarian, it told how many schools he built with his earnings, i can't recall the exact number, but it was staggering.the sudan , is correct , i could not remember exactly where. was he the one that when he blocked a shot, took his finger and shook it like not on my watch.