Brown was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in April 2021.
WASHINGTON — Tony Brown always embraced a challenge.
He worked his way through Clark Atlanta University, when there was no scholarship available to him. He worked his way up the basketball officiating ladder, eventually becoming one of the NBA’s very best referees. And even in his final days of a fight with pancreatic cancer, he was still trying to help others.
Brown, who officiated more than 1,100 NBA games over almost two decades, died Thursday, his family announced. He was 55.
“Tony Brown was one of the most accomplished referees in
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