Jason Collins.Monica Schipper/Getty Images Tap Here To Add Us Weekly As A Trusted Source Add as a preferred source on Google Former NBA star Jason Collins has died following a battle with brain cancer. He was 47. "We are heartbroken to share that Jason Collins, our beloved husband, son, brother and uncle, has died after a valiant fight with glioblastoma," Collins' family told the NBA in a Tuesday, May 12, statement, confirming the former athlete's death.