Four-time NBA defensive player of the year and 2015 Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo died after a battle with brain cancer.

Dikembe Mutombo, whose Hall of Fame basketball career included four NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards and was an ambassador for the sport, has died at 58.

The NBA and its massive fanbase suffered another difficult loss this week. NBA Hall Of Famer and all-time defender Dikembe Mutombo has passed away at the age of 58. Senior NBA Insider Chris Haynes reported on Mutombo’s passing on Monday morning (Sept.