Longtime Patriots Cheerleading Director Tracy Sormanti passed away on Friday at the age of 58, the team announced. Sormanti was in a three-year battle with multiple myeloma.
Sormanti, a Rhode Island native, was in her 32nd season working for the Patriots. She first joined the team as a cheerleader from 1983-84 and again from 1991-93. Shortly after Robert Kraft bought the team in 1994, he named Sormanti the team’s cheerleading director.
“We are grieving the loss of a beloved member of our family today,” Kraft said in a statement. “Tracy Sormanti was one of my first hires after I bought the team, and after nearly three decades, I can confidently say that there was no one more dedicated to her job or caring and compassionate about those she coached.