Manute-Bol-Obituary

Manute Bol

Obituary

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."

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God. Bless and RIP. From the. Roy. Family

God bless you as an heroe from Africa.. God bless the dead.

God Bless!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you!

Manute Bol was a good basketball player. He was competitive displaying grace, mildness self control along with a lovely smile. A gentle giant and a very fine role model. May your family find peace and comfort and remember how Jesus Christ called Lazarus back from death.

(Matthew 10:40) . . .“He that receives YOU receives me also, and he that receives me receives him also that sent me forth.

I enjoyed watching Manute play ball, he was very cordial and kind during interviews, and his smile could light up a room. I am truly sorry for your loss, please remember God’s words at 1John 5:13, “I write YOU these things that YOU may know that YOU have life everlasting, YOU who put YOUR faith in the name of the Son of God.

For now I will miss Manute’s smile.

I offer my sincere condolonces to the family. May your precious memories and the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort ease the pain of your grief.- Isaiah 61:2

May the God of comfort and tender mercies continue to comfort your family and friends, and may you find comfort in the words found in the Holy Scriptures: "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."" Please accept my sincere condolences during this time of your loss.