# Hunter Kelly (Jim Kelly's son) Died Today **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314 "2005-08-05T12:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/1 "2005-08-05T12:13:36Z")
At the age of 8, lost the battle with Krabbe Disease (sp?) [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/08/05/hunter.kelly.ap/index.html](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/08/05/hunter.kelly.ap/index.html) Thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/2 "2005-08-05T12:16:53Z")
yeah, I saw that on the Channel 4 news at noon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/3 "2005-08-05T12:17:02Z")
What causes Krabbe disease? ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/4 "2005-08-05T12:24:09Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > What causes Krabbe disease? I think it’s caused when daddy has so many concussions that the sperm become retarded. seriously, I don’t know. but this link (below) says that it’s a genetic deficiency [http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-hunterkelly-0805aug05,0,172584.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork](http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-hunterkelly-0805aug05,0,172584.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/5 "2005-08-05T12:25:28Z")
ya its genetic. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/6 "2005-08-05T12:27:25Z")
Krabbe disease is hereditary. Something about padding tissue missing from nerves in your head or something. I dunno, google it. Don’t think it has anything to do with Kelly getting hit senseless while in the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![bladez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bladez/32/7237_2.png) [@bladez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bladez)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/7 "2005-08-05T12:27:25Z")
:(, thoughts and prayers go out to the kelly family ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/8 "2005-08-05T12:28:15Z")
its genetic or in the pennsilvania water system, because of all those superstar quarterbacks that came out of that little town or whatever in PA, a bunch of their kids have Krabbe’s either way =\ ---
**Author:** ![98tegette](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98tegette/32/7236_2.png) [@98tegette](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98tegette)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/9 "2005-08-05T12:44:00Z")
Hunter lived more than 3 times as long as is typical with someone with the disease. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/10 "2005-08-05T12:47:45Z")
Thats a shame but every day must have been a struggle for that poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/11 "2005-08-05T13:13:02Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/12 "2005-08-05T13:19:49Z")
☹ rip ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/13 "2005-08-05T13:44:40Z")
R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_X-StatiK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dj_x-statik/32/7579_2.png) [@DJ\_X-StatiK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJ_X-StatiK)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/14 "2005-08-05T13:48:07Z")
i just heard that on the radio…:\ ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/15 "2005-08-05T13:49:57Z")
sad. ---
**Author:** ![blk300tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@blk300tt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk300tt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/16 "2005-08-05T16:24:26Z")
that sucks…that family went through alot to keep him alive. i used to work at this conference center and they had a hunters hope banquet there once and jim kelly started crying during a speech…gotta be hard ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/17 "2005-08-05T20:47:30Z")
Thats realy sad…he was only 8…my prayers go out to Jim and his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/18 "2005-08-05T22:35:30Z")
:word: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Z24Challenge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z24challenge/32/7231_2.png) [@Z24Challenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z24Challenge)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/19 "2005-08-06T02:29:07Z")
8… way too young to go. I wish them all the best… nothing could be harder to deal with than this. ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314/20 "2005-08-06T08:19:33Z")
RIP thats sad. i cant even imagine how toguh that must have been for the family ☹ my prayers go to the family [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hunter-kelly-jim-kellys-son-died-today/1314.md?page=2)