Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family wait for the arrival of Bol's body in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family hold his photographs as Bol's body arrives at an airport in the town of Kuajok in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family and locals lower his casket into the ground during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

The 2.44-metre (8-foot) long coffin of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol arrives on an aircraft in the town of Kuajok in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. The towering 2.31-metre (7-foot, 7-inch) tall Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's wife Ajok Deng and one of his three sons weep during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family stand around his coffin during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Animal skin is placed in the grave of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol before the casket is lowered during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family hold up his photographs as Bol's body arrives at the airport in the town of Kuajok in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

A priest reads from the Bible at the grave of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol during Bol's funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family stand around his coffin during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

A member of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family weeps during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Locals lower the casket of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol into the ground during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family stand around his coffin during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family stand around his coffin during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family wait inside a hut for the arrival of Bol's body in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

A picture of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol is seen beside his coffin during his funeral in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Members of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol's family wait outside a hut for the arrival of Bol's body in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY) 

A basketball team plays a game before the arrival of the body of Sudan-born NBA star Manute Bol in the town of Turalei in Warap state, southern Sudan July 4, 2010. Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL OBITUARY SOCIETY) 

Former NBA basketball player Manute Bol speaks to the crowd before the the New Year's Eve ball rises over Times Square in New York October 15, 2006. The ceremony was part of the U.N. Millennium Stand Up Against Poverty event to promote the United Nations' goals to end poverty and hunger by the year 2015. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES) 

Former Olympian Olga Korbut (C) stands between Manute Bol (L) and
William "The Refrigerator" Perry (R) during the weigh-in for Celebrity
Boxing 2 in Los Angeles, California Tuesday, May 14, 2002. Korbut will
face Darva Conger and Bol will face Perry during the boxing event which
will air May 22 on Fox. REUTERS/John Hayes

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Former NBA star Manute Bol (R) gets his weight checked by boxing
official Joe Borrielli during the weigh-in for Celebrity Boxing 2 in
Los Angeles, California, May 14, 2002. Bol, who weighed 240 pounds,
will face former NFL star William "The Refrigerator" Perry who said he
weighed 375 pounds after maxing the scale at 350 pounds. Celebrity
Boxing 2 will air May 22 on Fox. REUTERS/John Hayes

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