FILE - Former NBA basketball player Dikembe Mutombo laughs during a news conference announcing...
FILE – Former NBA basketball player Dikembe Mutombo laughs during a news conference announcing him as one of the 12 finalists of this year’s hall of fame class during an event ahead of the NBA All Star basketball game, on Feb. 14, 2015, in New York. Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor, the NBA announced Saturday, OCt. 15, 2022,(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

(Gray News) – Hall of Fame basketball player Dikembe Mutombo has died from brain cancer.

He was 58 years old.

“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement posted on X.

“On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA. Off the floor, he poured his heart and soul into helping others.”

According to the NBA, he was surrounded by his family when he died.

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