Former NFL tight end Mitchell Henry died Friday morning after being diagnosed with leukemia in December. He was 24.
Kris Burke of SB Nation passed along the news. First Christian Church in his hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, provided a statement from his mother, Lesley Henry.
"We are so proud of Mitchell's fight with this terrible disease, proud of how he lived his life for the past 24 years, but most of all proud of his faith and acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior," she said.
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