CNN —Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA.
Dikembe Mutombo wags his finger during a game in Atlanta in 1998.
In 1997, Mutombo established the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation with a mission to improve education and quality of life in his native DRC.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued a statement, saying, “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life.
Dikembe Mutombo, playing for the Houston Rockets, blocks a shot during a game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2004.
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