Manute Bol, retired basketball player, has died (updated)

Update (6:19 p.m. June 23): The funeral for Olathe resident and former NBA player Manute Bol is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 29, at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where the 7-foot-7-inch center’s professional basketball career began. That’s according to a Facebook message from Bol’s friend, Tom Prichard, who adds that the funeral is open to the public.

KCUR 89.3 reports that Bol told his cousin that he wanted to be buried next to his father in the village of Turlai in Sudan.