Retired Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo waves to the crowd as his jersey number is retired by the team during halftime of the Nuggets’ basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 29, 2016, in Denver.
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Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.
