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NEW ENGLAND — An NFL beat reporter is mourning the death of his baby daughter.
Doug Kyed, a Patriots beat reporter for the Boston Herald, announced the death of his 2-year-old daughter on Monday, nine months after she was diagnosed with leukemia.
In the social media post, Kyed said he and wife Jen are devastated.
“We’re completely lost and heartbroken without Hallie,” Kyed said in the post paired with a series of photos featuring Hallie, Jen and older daughter Olivia. “Our lives will never be the same. Hallie was a special kid, and she made a positive impact on so many people she met. We were lucky to be her parents and Olivia was fortunate to have the best baby sister.”
Hallie died “peacefully in her sleep” on Sunday morning as her parents held her hands.
“Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital did everything they could to help Hallie, and she beat AML every day for over nine months straight. Nothing could have ever prepared us for this moment when she was first diagnosed in April or after her successful transplant in October,” he wrote.
His wife, Jen, also shared a message on her own Instagram account.
