Former NFL punter Kasey Redfern has died at age 35, according to South Carolina officials.
Redfern has died, according to Jonathan Lawson, chief investigator for the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office in South Carolina. new york post.
Details of the former player’s death have not been released, but a GoFundMe campaign launched in 2023 revealed that Casey suffered from a brain tumor. The tumor was later discovered to be central nervous system lymphoma of the brain.
Wife Lauryl Redfern told her fans on Facebook that “the love of my life” had “moved to hospice care” due to his deteriorating health.
Lauryl added: “Everything he has experienced over the past few weeks – the falls, extreme short-term memory loss, random vomiting, and a few other things – is most likely cognitive decline due to the neurotoxicity of all the treatments he has received over the past 3.5 years.”
“His poor brain has been through all the treatments it needs, so we want to make sure he’s as comfortable as possible,” she said.
She concluded that if her beloved husband “goes to heaven soon, he will be better off than the rest of us, and for that all I can do is be thankful, happy, and full of peace (and a lot of jealousy) because he will be whole and glorified with our Savior—the best we can ask for.”
Redfern joined the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014 after graduating from Wofford College and played four seasons for multiple professional teams, including the Chargers, Panthers, Browns, Lions, Cowboys and Falcons.
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