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The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Retired Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo waves to the crowd as his jersey number was retired by the team during halftime of the Nuggets' NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) **FILE**

Hall of Famer Mutombo had a major impact far beyond basketball

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Former NBA basketball player Dikembe Mutombo laughs during a news conference announcing him as one of the 12 finalists of this year's Hall of Fame class during an event ahead of the NBA All-Star
Game on Feb. 14, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Georgetown legend, Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58 from cancer

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Dikembe Mutombo speaks during the opening ceremony of Basketball without Borders Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa. U.S. health officials are turning to a basketball hall of famer for help in one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history. Dikembe Mutombo is regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history and is a well-known philanthropist in his native Congo. He recorded radio and video spots designed to persuade people to take precautions and get care that might stop the disease’s spread. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Dikembe Mutombo records Ebola messages for US officials

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo talks to kids during a workshop at the Sylvan Adams sports center at the YMCA In Jerusalem, Tuesday, November 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ex-NBA star Dikembe Mutombo moved to tears in Jerusalem

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, left, blocks Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard on a drive during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Nuggets retire Dikembe Mutombo’s No. 55 in halftime ceremony

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Former Los Angeles Lakers' Steve Nash, left, former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo, center, and former WNBA player Ticha Penicheiro acknowledge applause during the inauguration of the first NBA basketball training camp for Cuban players in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 23, 2015. Nash and Mutumbo were joined by ex-WNBA player Ticha Penicheiro and NBA coaches in teaching more than 100 Cuban basketball athletes, hoping to boost the game's popularity on the island. (AP Photo/Desmond Boyland)

Dikembe Mutombo, NBA legend in Brussels airport: ‘I’m fine’

By Deborah Simmons

Grizzlies honor Bernard King, Mutombo, JoJo White

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