Celtics executive Heather Walker dies after battling brain cancer

Heather Walker during a Pan-Mass Challenge benefiting the Dana-Farber Institute in 2022.Heather Walker, the Celtics’ vice president of public relations who had helped to raise awareness and money to fight the brain cancer she was battling, died Wednesday at the age of 51.

The announcement was made on the Move 4 Heather Facebook page, a fundraising campaign Walker launched following her glioblastoma diagnosis in 2021.

“She isn’t fighting anymore and can finally rest,” the post read. “She is with so many who have gone before her that I’m sure she was welcomed with open arms.”

Walker had worked for the Celtics since 2006, and was seen as one of the “brightest stars” in the organization due to her…