Manute Bol's Death Confirmed By The Washington Post

What was first reported by Tom Prichard, a friend and associate of Manute Bol's, has been confirmed by the Washington Post:

[Bol] died at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville of complications from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare skin condition contracted after a reaction to a medication he had taken in Africa. He had kidney failure, internal bleeding and other medical problems.

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