Manute Bol: Long on character

Published June 24, 2010 4:00am ET



The Wall Street Journal runs a lovely tribute to the late Manute Bol today. The affable 7′6″ Dinka tribesman, formidable NBA shot-blocker, and activist died at 47 of kidney complications related to a rare skin disease he developed after his basketball career.

Manute Bol, “fool for Christ” and for his Sudanese countrymen:

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