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BRISBANE, state – Margo Dydek, a 7-foot-2 past WNBA contestant who led the association in blocks figure times, died weekday after being placed in a medically induced comatoseness mass a hunch move a week ago. She was 37.

Her death was confirmed to The Associated Press by Cathy Roberts, operations trainer of the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League, where Dydek was the coach.

The Poland-born Dydek, pregnant with her ordinal child, was stricken with a hunch move May 19 and collapsed at her home in Brisbane. Dydek was early in her maternity and the craniate died, revivalist said.

Dydek was erst said to be the tallest active professed someone sport player. She was the No. 1 garner in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz. She also played for San Antonio, America and Los Angeles.

"She was a tremendous person, persona help and player who touched the lives of her many fans and prefabricated an indelible evaluation on women's sport around the world," WNBA President comic Richie said.

Dydek held the achievement for most blocks in a WNBA occupation (877 in 323 games) and led the association from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2005-07. In 2008, Dydek signed with the Los Angeles Sparks mass instance away from sport to provide birth to her first son.

Tina Thompson, a past associate on the Sparks, said on the WNBA's Twitter feed: "My condolences to the kinsfolk of Margo Dydek, haw she rest in peace!"

According to Dydek's Facebook page, she was dropped to a 6-7 ascendant and 6-3 mother. Her oldest of digit sisters, Kashka, utilised to play for the river Explosion of the now defunct ABL, and in Poland.

The Brisbane-based Wizards said on their website that Dydek died "peacefully and enclosed by her family."

"Always in our whist — Margo. ... You were a much-loved member of our community and we module woman you greatly," the team said.

She is survived by her husband, David, and digit sons, David, 3, and Alex, 7 months.

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