After fighting cancer, former Raptors big man Eric Montross, 52, passed away.

Eric Montross, a previous North Carolina and NBA large man, has kicked the bucket after a malignant growth battle, his family said. He was 52.

The school delivered the family’s declaration Monday morning, saying Montross passed on Sunday encompassed by friends and family at his House of prayer Slope home. He had been determined to have malignant growth in Spring, prompting him pulling back from his obligations as a radio examiner for UNC game transmissions.

“To realize Eric was to be his companion, and the family realizes that the waves from the liberal, smart way that he carried on with his everyday routine will go on in the experiences of the many individuals he contacted with his profound and genuine generosity,” the declaration said.

Montross played for the Tar Heels under Dignitary Smith from 1990-94 and was a double cross Related Press second-group All-American. He was the No. 1 before Smith’s second NCAA championship team in 1993. 9 by and large pick by the Boston Celtics a year after the fact and playing in the NBA until 2002.

Notwithstanding his transmission obligations, he functioned as senior significant gifts chief at the Rams Club, the raising support arm of UNC’s sports division. He was likewise known for beneficent endeavors, for example, assisting send off a dad youngster b-ball with setting up camp for Father’s Day weekend to help the UNC Kids’ Clinic.

“Eric was an extraordinary player and achieved understudy, however the effects he made on our local area went far past the ball court,” the school said in its own proclamation. ” He was an honest man, a gigantic dad, spouse and child, and one of the most conspicuous ministers of the College and Church Slope.”

When Montross was given the news that he was sick, the family didn’t say what kind of cancer it was, though.