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Jennifer Paes dead at age 72, Indian Olympic basketball player, cancer

Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer.

She captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982. Paes, née Dutton, also accompanied her husband, field hockey player Vece Paes, to the Olympics.

Jennifer Paes, 72, Indian Olympic basketball player (1972), cancer.

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