National Basketball Association

Funeral for Manute Bol to be held Tuesday in DC

Published Jun. 23, 2010 10:21 p.m. ET

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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 and a painful skin condition.

Bol, who was 7-foot-7, played 10 seasons in the NBA. He spent his post-basketball years working as an advisory board member of Sudan Sunrise, which promotes reconciliation in his native Sudan.