Jeff Dickerson dead from colon cancer

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Bears ESPN beat reporter Jeff Dickerson is dead from colon cancer at age 44. He leaves behind an 11 year old son who also lost his mother to cancer two years ago. So sad :(

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/329 ... atform=amp
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Terrible news
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Absolutely heartbreaking. Has an 11 year old son, who in the past 2 years has lost both parents to cancer.
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Condolences to the family
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Holy crap! Wife just recently died too.
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That is terrible.
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Wow, that really sucks. 😞
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Truly sad situation. Seemed like a very good guy.
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This is awful. Leaves an 11 year old son behind. Now he has no parents. JFC. Apparently Biggs tweeted out a GoFundMe page for the kid, if anyone is interested.

May this be a lesson to all of us on this page. It may be a pain in the ass (literally) but go see Dr. Jellyfinger. Make sure you get checked.
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The GoFundMe for his son if anyone wants to give

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kswtf-parker ... 3baa5c3b09
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Awful..11 and lost both parents dies from cancer.. Be strong son..live long..
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docc wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:31 pm Awful..11 and lost both parents dies from cancer.. Be strong son..live long..
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They were talking about it on WSCR last night. Wow that's so young. Most people don't even get checked until they're well into their 40s.

Thanks for the fund link.
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Hopefully that child has some close extended family to support him.
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That poor kid's got a long road to ho. First his mother wasted away then colon cancer snuffed out his dad. Dickerson was an outstanding reporter and will be missed.
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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:21 pm This is awful. Leaves an 11 year old son behind. Now he has no parents. JFC. Apparently Biggs tweeted out a GoFundMe page for the kid, if anyone is interested.

May this be a lesson to all of us on this page. It may be a pain in the ass (literally) but go see Dr. Jellyfinger. Make sure you get checked.
Yeah.
And make sure you have significant life insurance, too. None of us nobodies are a good bet to produce a sizable GoFundMe.
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Jeff was an only child, so no local aunts and uncles. His in-laws live in St Louis and I believe that is the plan for Parker. Fund has raised over $200K in less than 24 hours.
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Moriarty wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:04 pm
Bears Whiskey Nut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:21 pm This is awful. Leaves an 11 year old son behind. Now he has no parents. JFC. Apparently Biggs tweeted out a GoFundMe page for the kid, if anyone is interested.

May this be a lesson to all of us on this page. It may be a pain in the ass (literally) but go see Dr. Jellyfinger. Make sure you get checked.
Yeah.
And make sure you have significant life insurance, too. None of us nobodies are a good bet to produce a sizable GoFundMe.
Or don’t have children - like me - it’s cheaper his way :D
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Sad news.
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Very Sad
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He was great. Too soon. Terrible about his son. Thanks for the link.
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I'm always impressed by American people's generosity. The GoFundMe is up to over $720k... but no amount of money can compensate for what this young lad has lost.

For it to happen at this time of year is particularly cruel.
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