There’s a lot of bad things going on but I didn’t do nothing.
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God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
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Birth: | 16th October, 1962 |
Death: | 19th June, 2010 |
Nationality: | Sudanese |
Profession: | Activist, Basketball Player |
Manute Bol was a Sudanese-born basketball player and political activist. At 7 ft 7 in tall, he was one of the tallest men ever to play in the National Basketball Association, along with Gheorghe Mureşan. He was officially measured and listed at 7 feet, 6 ¾ inches tall in the Guinness Book of World Records. He is believed to have been born on October 16, 1962 in either Turalei or Gogrial, Sudan. He was the son of a Dinka tribal elder who gave him the name "Manute", which means "special blessing."
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