Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Prostate Cancer

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Published on December 10 2020 5:53 am
Last Updated on December 10 2020 5:54 am

National Basketball Association great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed Wednesday that he had prostate cancer. The disclosure came in an article he wrote for ‘WebMD’ about health risks faced by Black people.

The 73-year-old NBA career scoring leader didn't give further details in the article, in which he also said he had heart bypass surgery. Abdul-Jabbar said he’d been able to get better care than many Blacks, in part because of his celebrity and also because two sons work in the health care field.