Via the AP: Jim Kelly’s Son Hunter Dies of Disease

Hunter Kelly, whose battle with a fatal nervous system disease inspired his Hall of Fame father Jim Kelly’s charitable works, died Friday morning. He was 8.

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Born in 1997, Hunter Kelly was given no more than three years to live after being diagnosed with Krabbe Disease, an inherited degenerative disorder of the central and peripheral nervous systems. The disease hinders development of the myelinmyelin sheath, a fatty covering that protects the brain’s nerve fibers.

Very, very sad. Hunter was only a few months younger than my oldest son.

My thoughts and prayer are extended to the Kelly family.