Jamaica basketball star & WNBA champion Simone Edwards dies of most cancers

Simone Edwards, Jamaica, and former Seattle Storm participant within the WNBA, has died after a chronic combat with ovarian most cancers. She was 49 years outdated.

Edwards, who was identified with aggressive ovarian most cancers in early 2021, handed away at her house in Florida on Thursday.

Her passing was introduced by the Seattle Storm on Thursday night time.

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“We’re saddened by the passing of our very personal Simone Forbes,” the franchise posted on Twitter. “Our Jamaican Hurricane was a warrior on and off the courtroom. Together with her indefatigable vitality and optimism, she introduced happiness to so many. “Our ideas and condolences are with Simone’s household and family members at the moment.”

Forbes was the primary Jamaican feminine participant to play within the WNBA, taking part in for the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm, successful the WNBA title in 2004.

She retired from the WNBA in 2006.

On August 5, 2007, she was employed as an assistant coach at Radford College and was an assistant at George Mason College from 2008-2011.

Edwards coached the Jamaican ladies’s nationwide basketball crew and led them to a 2014 Caribbean Championship.

On August 6, 2017, the Authorities of Jamaica conferred the nationwide award, the Order of Distinction which is bestowed on residents of Jamaica who’ve rendered excellent and vital service to Jamaica of their discipline.