Dikembe Mutombo Has Long Battled Disease in His Native Country. Then COVID-19 Hit His New Home.

Dikembe Mutombo Has Long Battled Disease in His Native Country. Then COVID-19 Hit His New Home.

Dikembe Mutombo died of brain cancer Monday at the age of 58. Here SI has republished a story from 2022, detailing his humanitarian efforts in his native Democratic Republic of Congo.

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