Dikembe Mutombo at the National Basketball Association corporate offices in Manhattan, on Aug 14, 2006. (Photo: New York Times)
ATLANTA – Dikembe Mutombo, who arrived at Georgetown University as an international student with aspirations of being a doctor but who instead became a towering presence in professional basketball and a dedicated humanitarian in his native Congo, died Monday in Atlanta.
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Dikembe Mutombo at the National Basketball Association corporate offices in Manhattan, on Aug 14, 2006. (Photo: New York Times)
ATLANTA – Dikembe Mutombo, who arrived at Georgetown University as an international student with aspirations of being a doctor but who instead became a towering presence in professional basketball and a dedicated humanitarian in his native Congo, died Monday in Atlanta. He was 58.
The cause was brain cancer, according to a statement by the National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States. His family announced in 2022 that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour in…