2006-06-29 03:33:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
On November 25, 2003, Mourning's cousin and a former U.S. Marine, Jason Cooper, was visiting Mourning's gravely ill grandmother in the hospital. Mourning's father was present and informed Cooper that Alonzo was retiring that very same day from the NBA because of a life-threatening kidney disease. Cooper asked if there was anything he could do, and began to contemplate donating one of his kidneys to his estranged cousin, who he had not seen in 25 years and whom he only knew through basketball. Cooper was tested for compatibility, along with many other family members and friends (including fellow NBA center and good friend Patrick Ewing); as fate would have it, during his grandmother's funeral, Alonzo received the good news that Jason Cooper was a match.
Mourning received Cooper's left kidney on December 19, 2003.
2006-06-29 04:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-22 21:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a family member
2006-06-29 03:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by steve nash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he said during an interview during the play offs. i just remember it was a female
2006-06-29 03:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by cindy loo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His brother did.
2006-06-29 03:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by Angela K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋