Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 4:55 pm  |  45 responses

Manute Bol Dies at 47

RIP to Bol, who at 7-7, was one of the League’s tallest players: “Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other professional teams, and who devoted his post-basketball life to improving the lot of his fellow natives of Sudan, died June 19 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 47.”

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  • Scottie Pimpin’

    R.I.P.

  • PlanetAsia14

    R.I.P

  • kriz

    awful awful news. 47 is too young

  • hoodsnake

    RIP

  • Monte

    Dang!! I remember reading that he was ill but not on this level. Wow. This guy was the coolest of the cool. RIP, Big Fella with the heart of gold. Dang.

  • http://sfdjklf.com Jukai

    Wow, poor dude, taken WAY too soon

  • http://www.slamonline.com James the Balla

    Just sent this to another post like 40 minutes ago. Life is short. Gentle giant, R.I.P

  • http://shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com Cheryl

    Wow, I’m so sorry to hear this. May your soul rest in peace, while your earthly works live on.

  • mike

    Tried so hard to bring peace to his native Sudan. RIP Manute.

  • lebrontoraptors

    What is sad as that this man spent every dime he had to try and help in the Sudan and I can’t remember ever seeing him on an NBA cares commercial. Some “superstars” hammer a few nails at a habitat home or pass out some turkeys around Thanksgiving and we have a half time special report. This man was a true humanitarian. God Bless him for what he did.

  • http://www.lacuevacrosscountry.com Slick Nick Da Ruler

    Good man, thanks Manute.

  • gani

    R.I.P. Manute Bol.

  • vtrobot

    i was really hoping that this wasn’t going to happen. i hate it when the best people get some total sh*t luck. rest in peace, big man. my thoughts are with the bol family.

  • Zarfan

    His contributions as a humanitarian towards his home country of Sudan was what truly made him unique. R.I.P.

  • CARTEL

    R.I.P.

  • matt

    rip

  • http://slamonline.com josh d

    Reading about his contributions off the court for his people in Sudan is an amazing example of generosity and selflessness. He lived a hard life and it’s very sad to hear this. This was a man who will live on through the incalculable impact he made on the lives he helped. R.I.P. Manute

  • John Starks

    R.I.P.

  • logues

    man, i remember watching like nba superstars 3 or sumthin and seeing him block shaq like 4 times in a row in one posession

  • namik

    Good guy all around, he leaves a legacy worth remembering, especially outside of basketball, which makes it all the more memorable. Rest in peace big guy.

  • logues

    nevermind i just looked up the vid and it wasnt shaq, just a bunch of guys from the magic

  • http://www.twitter.com/gerardhimself Gerard Himself

    only 47… R.I.P.

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com/ Moose

    Rest In Peace.

  • http://www.slamonline.com/ The Promise

    R.I.P. big guy…

  • Martey

    RIP Manute.. A true freedom fighter with a heart of gold

  • The Philosopher

    Damn.

  • http://thekobebeef.wordpress.com LDR4

    Keep swatting shots in the clouds, Manute. RIP.

  • http://www.hibachi20.blogspot.com Hursty

    co-sign Cheryl.
    R.I.P Manute. Your humanitarian works won’t be forgotten. It was a pleasure to meet you. A true gentle giant.

  • roybot

    RIP. His humanitarian works and legacy as an amazing human being will always come first before his legacy as the tallest NBA player with 3 point range.

  • Mark Lewis

    R.I.P such a classy guy on and off the court

  • stokesey

    Sad to hear, RIP Manute

  • Jose

    The nba/world lost a good man. R.I.P. Manute

  • Adam

    Never has a public figure influenced me more for giving back than Manute Bol. He lived in run down apartments and scrapped for every penny to ensure one last person didn’t die. He was meek and honest, and gave everything he had to help those he could. This world was better for his example, we are better when we follow it.

  • underdog

    R.I.P.

  • http://www.yamahyouth.com Gerwin

    R.I.P. Manute. Remember the pictures taken of him and Mugsy. Guy was tall. 47 is too young.

  • Larsylad

    Too soon. Enjoy the afterlife big guy.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    RIP Manute Bol. It’s really sad to hear this, thoughts and prayers go out to his family and those he dedicated his life to helping. He should and will be remembered.

  • nastierthanu3

    Every now and then I think about my own death and my own funeral but I don’t thinkof it in a morbid sense. Every now and then I think about when I meet my day I don’t want a long funeral and if u get somebody to read the eulogy tell them not to talk to loud. Tell them not to mention my nobel peace prize that aint important. Tell them not to mention my 3 or 400 other awards that’s not important tell them not to mention where I went to school. I want somebody to say that day that martin luther king tried to give his life serving others. I want somebody to say that martin luther king tried to love somebody. I want u to say on that day that I did try to feed the hungry. I want u to say on that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. I want u to say on that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. I want u to say that I tried to love and serve humanity. Yes if u want to say that I was a drum major say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace I was a drum major for righteousness. I won’t have any money to leave behind. I won’t have the fine and luxorious things in life to leave behind I just want to leave a committed life behing that’s all I can say -MLK. Manute can say that he’s done all that the great dr.king wanted out of his life and is remembered not for his game but his character. He does rest in peace

  • D.A.

    Rest In Peace, and may you live on in the divine glory of Heaven. Thoughts and Prayers with Manute and his family.

  • Lz – Cphfinest3

    RIP Manute – a true idol. If the NBA had more like him, the world would be a better place.

  • Buppie

    Awful, just awful. He did such good. R.I.P.

  • http://twitter.com/HarryByrdMan44 LA Huey

    RIP, Mr Bol

  • Yesse

    R.I.P, Manute Bol always had health issues, but this is just too young.

  • franko

    Manute forever!

  • OneStep

    Manute, you were a true giant of human kindness. I hope you have gone to a better place for you left so many of those you touched in a better place. R.I.P.

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