Jason Collins in Podcasts
personJason Collins, former NBA player and the first openly gay NBA athlete.
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And finally, you hear the applause, a historic moment as Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay athlete to play in any of this country's four major professional sports.
And that was basketball star Jason Collins, who has died at the age of 47. And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Daniel Fox. The producers were Carla Conti and Siobhan Leahy. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Jeanette Jalil. Until next time, goodbye.
Jason Collins, the NBA player who became the first openly gay athlete in the big four North American men's professional sports leagues, has died of a brain tumor.
What, four or five hours after the news broke of his passing, Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, died of brain cancer.
Jason Collins was 47.
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