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Manute Bol died Saturday after battling acute kidney failure and a skin disease, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. He died at the of 47.

He is well known for his humanitarian efforts in his native Sudan and founded Sudan Sunrise, a humanitarian group based in Lenexa, Kan., that promotes reconciliation in Sudan.

Sudan Sunrise executive director Tom Prichard said in an e-mail that the 7-foot-6 Bol died Saturday morning at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.

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s 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.”

Bol played 10 seasons in the NBA with Washington, Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami. The center finished his career with 1,599 points, 2,647 rebounds and 2,086 blocks.

 

Career accomplishments
Over the course of his career, Bol averaged 2.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 3.3 blocks per game while only playing an averag

e of 18.7 minutes per game. A true specialist, Bol finished his career with totals of 1,599 points, 2,647 rebounds, and 2,086 blocks, having appeared in 624 games over 10 seasons. As of 2007, Manute Bol remains:

›› Second in career blocks-per-game average (3.34), trailing only Mark Eaton.

›› Fourteenth in total blocked shots (2,086).

›› The only player in NBA history to block more shots than points scored, blocking 2,086 shots and scoring 1,599 point

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Manute is famous for his Shot Blocking as he has a great height. Bol was one of the league’s most imposing defensive presences, blocking shots at an unprecedented rate. Along with setting the rookie shot blocking record in 1985-86, over the course of his career Bol tied for the NBA record for the most blocked shots in one half (eleven) and in one quarter (eight, twice) , and he holds the all time NBA record for most blocked shots per minute.

 

R.I.P MANUTE BOL