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Bol remembered as 'a giant off the court'
The body of Manute Bol lay in an 8-foot-long, specially built casket in the vast splendor of the ornate Washington National Cathedral. There couldn't have been a more appropriate setting for a man who seemed larger than life in so many ways.

Bol remembered at funeral in Washington (AP)
Manute Bol is being remembered as a giant on and off the court. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for the 7-foot-7 former NBA player, who died June 19 at age 47. Bol's body was brought into the Washington National Cathedral in a specially built 8-foot casket. The service included representatives from the NBA and the Sudanese community who spoke of Bol's efforts to build schools in...

Services held for ex-NBA player, humanitarian Manute Bol
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for Manute Bol, the 7-foot-7 former NBA player who died June 19 at age 47.

Bol funeral to be held Tuesday in DC (AP)
The funeral for former NBA player and humanitarian Manute Bol will be held Tuesday. Sudan Sunrise executive director Tom Prichard said Wednesday that the service will be held at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation's capital and will be open to the public. Bol died Saturday at age 47 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville after suffering from severe kidney problems...

Former NBA player Bol dies at 47 (AP)
Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition, Tom Prichard, executive director of the group Sudan Sunrise, said in an e-mail.

Former NBA player Manute Bol dies at 47
Manute Bol died Saturday morning at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. He was 47.

Former NBA player Bol dies at 47
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.

Ex-NBA player Manute Bol ill with skin, kidney problems
Former NBA player Manute Bol is hospitalized in the Washington, D.C., area with severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition.

Bol hospitalized with kidney failure (AP)
Former NBA center Manute Bol is hospitalized with severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition after falling critically ill while returning home from helping fight election corruption in his native Sudan. "I believe he is going to survive this, but he's had a total kidney failure," Tom Prichard, director of Sudan Sunrise, a group that promotes reconciliation in Sudan, said...

Former center Manute Bol has kidney failure - Manute Bol (C) Milwaukee Bucks
Former NBA center Manute Bol has reportedly suffered kidney failure and is in very serious condition in a Kansas Hospital.