Per multiple sources, Boston Celtics big man alumnus Jason Collins has passed away from cancer this Tuesday (May 12). The first openly gay player in NBA history, Collins lost his battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma.

Former pro-basketball player Jason Collins, the first active male athlete on a major American professional team sport to come out as gay, has died aged 47. Collins died after a valiant fight with glioblastoma,

Jason Collins, who played in the NBA for 13 seasons and was the league's first openly gay player, died May 12. Here's what to know about his death.

Jason Collins, the 13-year NBA veteran player — who is more famous as the first pro athlete to come out as gay while still playing in any major American sports league — has died at age 47, his family has announced.

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who has served as a global ambassador for the sport for the past decade, has died of brain cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 47.

NBA veteran Jason Collins, who made history as the first active openly gay player in major American sports, has died at age 47 from brain cancer.

On April 29, 2013, Collins became the league's first male athlete in North American sports to come out as gay.

Jason Collins, who became the first active athlete in one of the four major North American sports leagues to come out as gay in 2013, died of glioblastoma, his family said Tuesday. He was 47.