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(Message started by: Iris74 on Aug 6^th, 2005, 7:04pm)

Title: sad news (Hunters Hope related)
Post by Iris74 on Aug 6^th, 2005, 7:04pm

I saw this on a different messageboard and thought that those of you that went to the Hunters Hope Ball a couple years ago would be interested.

Jim Kelly's son, Hunter, passed away yesterday. :'(

Title: Re: sad news (Hunters Hope related)
Post by Dances with Goo on Aug 7^th, 2005, 9:37am

I was saddened to learn that Hunter lost his battle with Krabbe disease. His family has done so much to advance research into this, and other leukodystrophies.
My prayers are with them at this time.

Click on the link if you'd like to learn more about what can be done to help:

http://www.huntershope.org/krabbe/NBS/nbs_info.asp

Title: Re: sad news (Hunters Hope related)
Post by rzezniksangel on Aug 7^th, 2005, 3:22pm

:'(

Title: Re: sad news (Hunters Hope related)
Post by Iris74 on Aug 7^th, 2005, 6:24pm

Official statement:

NFL.com wire reports

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Aug. 5, 2005) -- Hunter Kelly, whose battle with a fatal nervous system disease inspired his Hall of Fame father Jim Kelly's charitable works, died the morning of Aug 5. He was 8.

"Our prayers go to the family and kids," Jim Kelly's brother, Dan, told The Associated Press.

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 myelin sheath, a fatty covering that protects the brain's nerve fibers.

In honor of their son, Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, established the Hunter's Hope Foundation in 1997, which has raised more than $6 million and awarded more than $3.8 million to leukodystrophy and other neurological disease-related research.

The disease has no known cure.

Jim Kelly, who won an unprecedented four straight AFC titles as the Bills' quarterback in the early 1990s, had credited his son for serving as his inspiration after he retired from football following the 1996 season.

"He'll never be able to do what daddy did," Kelly said last year. "But he's going to do greater things. He's going to make a difference in kids' lives. He already has."

Kelly and his son happened to share the same birthday, Valentine's Day.

The Kelly family was preparing to issue a press release later in the day, Dan Kelly said.

Title: Re: sad news (Hunters Hope related)
Post by NeverFadeToGrey on Aug 7^th, 2005, 6:40pm

that is so sad! my thoughts and prayers are with jim and his family.