NBA Referee Tony Brown died after losing a fight to stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Brown reffed for over 20 years in the NBA and reffed over 1,100 games.

Brown found out in April of 2021 that he had cancer. He battled cancer and was even able to start reffing NBA games again, but went back to treatment.

Brown reffed an NBA finals game and two All-Star games, and a handful of WNBA final games. He will be remembered as a great referee and an outstanding human being.

I believe this is news because this was an NBA ref that is very well known around the NBA community, and it is a sad moment for all NBA fans.

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