`` I am sorry I have been forced to make this revelation now at this time , '' he said at the time . Arthur Ashe died of cancer at the age of 50 in 1993 . He was the first black man to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon . The items up for auction are priced between $ 500 and $ 600,000 . A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Arthur Ashe Learning Center .
Arthur Ashe died of cancer at the age of 50 in 1993 . He was the first black man to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon . The items up for auction are priced between $ 500 and $ 600,000 . A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Arthur Ashe Learning Center .